Occitanie (France)

Last modified: 2004-01-17 by ivan sache
Keywords: occitanie | star: 7 points (yellow) | cross: toulouse | felibrige | partit nationalista occitan | provence |
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• Presentation of Occitanie
• History and meaning of the flag
• Franco-Occitan flag
• Provencal flag with the Félibrige star

See also:

• France
  • Languedoc (France, traditional province)
  • Provence (France, traditional province)
  • County of Foix (France, traditional province)
  • Roussillon (France, traditional province)

Presentation of Occitanie

Occitanie is the name given to the area where Langue d'Oc was spoken, essentially 32 département of Southern France. Related languages are or were also spoken in the Aran valley in Catalonia, Piemonte alpine valleys and the Calabrian city of Guardia Piemontese in Italy and some villages in Wurtemberg (Germany, now extinct).

According to the maedievist P. Bec (entry Langues et littératures occitanes in Encyclopaedia Universalis, 1998), Langue d'Oc can be divided into three main dialects:

• Northern Occitan, itself divided in Limousin,