Occitania
Administrative region of France
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2022 | Region reaches a population of 6,080,731 inhabitants. |
2021 | Occitania reached a population of 6,022,176 inhabitants. |
November 2019 | Unspecified political activities began throughout Occitania. |
2018 | Occitania administrative region reported a gross domestic product of 171.2 billion euros, representing 7.3% of French economic output. |
2018 | Occitania reported a gross domestic product (GDP) of 171.2 billion euros, representing 7.3% of France's total economic output. The region's GDP per capita (adjusted for purchasing power) was 26,000 euros, which is 86% of the EU27 average. |
September 30 2016 | The name Occitania officially came into effect for the new administrative region. |
September 28 2016 | The Council of State officially approved 'Occitania' as the new name for the administrative region. |
January 1 2016 | Creation of the Occitania administrative region through the merger of the former regions of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées. |
2014 | The movement Bastir! ran in municipal elections for the first time and won 55 seats. |
2010 | The Occitan Party elected representatives to five regional councils in the French regional elections, including Dàvid Grosclaude in Aquitaine, Guilhem Latrubesse in Midi-Pyrénées, Gustau Aliròl in Auvergne, Anne-Marie Hautant and Hervé Guerrera in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. |
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