Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc-Roussillon
Lengadòc-Rosselhon (Occitan)
Flag of Languedoc-Roussillon
Coat of arms of Languedoc-Roussillon
Official logo of Languedoc-Roussillon
Country France
Dissolved2016-01-01
PrefectureMontpellier
Departments
Government
 • PresidentDamien Alary (DVG)
Area
 • Total
27,376 km2 (10,570 sq mi)
Population
 (2012-01-01)
 • Total
2,700,266
 • Density99/km2 (260/sq mi)
GDP
 • Total€85.916 billion (2022)
 • Per capita€30,400 (2022)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeFR-K
NUTS RegionFR8
Websitelaregion.fr

Languedoc-Roussillon (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃ɡ(ə)dɔk ʁusijɔ̃] ; Occitan: Lengadòc-Rosselhon [ˌleŋɡɔˈðɔk ruseˈʎu]; Catalan: Llenguadoc-Rosselló) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, it joined with the region of Midi-Pyrénées to become Occitania.[2] It comprised five departments, and bordered the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées towards the north, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean Sea towards the south. It was the southernmost region of mainland France.

  1. ^ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  2. ^ Loi n° 2015-29 du 16 janvier 2015 relative à la délimitation des régions, aux élections régionales et départementales et modifiant le calendrier électoral (in French)