Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the régions of France .

The région is made up of the following historical provinces:

• 68.7% of Languedoc-Roussillon is the province of Languedoc: départements of Hérault , Gard , Aude , extreme south and extreme east of Lozère , and extreme north of Pyrénées-Orientales . The former province of Languedoc also extends over the Midi-Pyrénées région, including the old capital of Languedoc Tulouse .
• 17.9% of Languedoc-Roussillon is the province of Gévaudan: Lozère département. A small part of Gévaudan is also inside the Auvergne région. Gévaudan is often considered to be a sub-province inside the province of Languedoc, in which case Languedoc accounts for 86.6% of Languedoc-Roussillon.
• 13.4% of Languedoc-Roussillon is a collection of culturally Catalan pays (i.e. "countries"): Roussillon, Vallespir, Conflent, Capcir, and Cerdagne, all of which located from east to west inside the Pyrénées-Orientales département. All of these pays (in Catalonia, on the other side of the border, a pays is known as a comarca ) are together known as the "province of Roussillon", owning its name to the largest and most populous of the five pays. The correct name should be "province of Roussillon and adjacent lands of Cerdagne", which is the name that was used after the area became French in 1659, based on the historical division of the five pays between the county of Roussillon (Roussillon and Vallespir) and the county of Cerdagne. Languedoc-Roussillon covers an area of 27,376 km² and contains the departments Aude, Gard, Hérault, Lozère and Pyrénées-Orientales.