Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées


Created by the territorial reform of French Regions in 2014. The region came into existence on 1st January 2016.

Capital: Toulouse(City)




Departments

Ariège
Aude
Aveyron
Gard
Nimes
Gers



Haute-Garonne
Toulouse
Toulouse(City)


Hautes-Pyrénées
Lourdes


Hérault
Hérault is today the second French wine department, after the Gironde, a centre for growing mussels and oysters in the Mediterranean.
Béziers
One of the oldest cities in France

Saint Gerald of Beziers Memorial 5 November Died 1123

Saint Maxentius of Poitou Memorial 26 June Died 518

Saint Severus of Agde Memorial 25 August

from Agde Saint Stephen of Apt Memorial 6 November Died 1046

Montpellier
The University of Montpellier is one of the oldest in the world, founded in 1160, and having been granted a charter in 1220 by Cardinal Conrad von Urach and confirmed by Pope Nicholas IV


Montpellier City


Saint Roch Memorial 16 August Patronage against epidemics Died 1327

Blessed Thomas of Naples Memorial 4 April Martyred stabbed to death in 1540 at the Saint Eulalia convent


Sete
Known as the Venice of Languedoc and the singular island



Lot
Lozère
Pyrénées-Orientales
Collioure Resorts
Tarn
Tarn-et-Garonne

Capital: Montpellier





It comprises five departments,



Aude


Gard
Nimes


Hérault
Montpellier
Sete



Lozère


Pyrénées-Orientales











Capital: Toulouse(City)






Departments



Aveyron

Gers



Haute-Garonne
Toulouse


Lot

Tarn

Tarn-et-Garonne


Hautes-Pyrénées
Lourdes

Languedoc - Roussillon - Midi-Pyrénées Saints








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