Last modified: 2003-07-12 by ivan sache
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![[Midi-Pyrenees]](../images/f/fr-lang.gif)
by Pierre Gay
See also:
Departments: Ariège,
Aveyron,
Haute-Garonne,
Gers, Lot,
Hautes-Pyrénées,
Tarn,
Tarn-et-Garonne
Bordering Regions: Aquitaine,
Auvergne,
Languedoc-Rousillon,
Limousin
Bordering countries: Andorra,
Spain
Traditional provinces:
Guyenne-et-Gascogne,
Languedoc,
Comté de Foix
Area: 45,349 km2
Population (1995): 2,494,200 inhabitants
Regional prefecture: Toulouse
The Region Midi-Pyrénées uses the banner of the Counts of Toulouse, which is also used as the banner of the traditional province of Languedoc and the modern municipal flag of Toulouse.
The flag features the cross of Toulouse on a red background.
Ivan Sache, 7 July 2003
The flag of the Regional Council of Midi-Pyrénées is red with the Languedoc cross and name in yellow.
Pascal Vagnat, 2 December 1997
![[Midi-Pyrenees regional council]](../images/f/fr-r-mp.gif)
by
Philippe-Pierre Darras
![[Variant]](../images/f/fr-r-m1.gif)
by Jaume Ollé
These flags have also been reported.
Ivan Sache, 7 July 2003
Former flag of the Regional Council
![[Former flag of the RC]](../images/f/fr-r-m2.gif)
by Jaume Ollé
The first flag of the Regional Council was a European Union-like flag: blue with eight stars (representing the eight departmen