Southern France
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Southern France, colloquially known as "Le Midi" is a loosely defined geographical area consisting of the regions that border Spain, the Mediterranean Sea and Italy. They include:
- Aquitaine
- Midi-Pyrénées
- Languedoc-Roussillon
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Corsica
- Rhône-Alpes
- And Canal du Midi, a world heritage site, runs through it.
Linguistically these regions could be defined by the opposition of the "langue d'oïl" (northern France), versus "langue d'oc" (called Occitan), which was spoken in the southern regions. The problem is that it is now a historical concept since Occitan is not spoken or used as a first language anymore.
