Midi Pyrenees Occitania walking tours - Occitania bike tours
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This region is now called Occitania and includes as well the former Languedoc Roussillon region . The capital, Toulouse, is also called the Pink City.Historically, Occitania is made up of several former French provinces : Gascony, Languedoc, Rouergue, Quercy, Foix, Couserans, Nébouzan, Quatre-Vallées and Bigorre. The historical makeup of Midi-Pyrénées is even more complex, as the provinces listed above are further subdivided into pays (literally "countries"), with each their peculiarities and particular identities.
Quercy
Quercy is a former province of France located in Occitania Region. Today, Quercy is divided between the departement of Lot and the northern half of the departement of Tarn-et-Garonne. The traditional capital of Quercy is Cahors. Like Périgord, the area is noted for its cuisine like the duck dishes, confit de canard and magret de canard and the dark red wines of Cahors.
The Pyrenees
The Pyrenees is a range of mountains that forms a natural border between France and Spain. It separates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of continental Europe, and extends for about 491 km from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea. For the most part, the main crest forms a massive divider between France and Spain, with the tiny country of Andorra sandwiched in between. Catalonia and Navarre have historically extended on both sides of the mountain range, with small northern portions in France and much larger southern parts in Spain.
The French Pyrenees are also part of the following départements, from east to west : Pyrénées-Orientales, Aude, Ariège, Haute-Garonne, Hautes-Pyrénées, and Pyrénées-Atlantiques. The highest summit is the Pic d'Aneto or Pic de Néthou at 3,404 metres (11,168 ft) in the Maladeta ridge. The principal languages spoken in the area are Spanish, French, Catalan (in Catalonia and Andorra), Basque, and Aragonese.
The Languedoc and Roussillon
are also included in this area : see here the description of Languedoc Roussillon area
