Aquitaine (French pronunciation: , Occitan: Aquitània, , Basque: Akitania), archaic Guyenne/Guienne (Occitan: Guiana), is ane o the 27 regions o Fraunce, in the sooth-wastren pairt o metropolitan Fraunce, alang the Atlantic Ocean an the Pyrenees muntain range on the border wi Spain.
It comprises the 5 depairtments o Dordogne, Lot-et-Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes an Gironde. In the Middle Ages Aquitaine wis a kinrick an a duchy, whose bundaries fluctuatit considerably.
Aquitaine | |
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Kintra | Fraunce |
Prefectur | Bordeaux |
Departments | 5
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Govrenment | |
• Preses | Alain Rousset (PS) |
Area | |
• Total | 41308 km2 (15,949 sq mi) |
Population (2008)INSEE | |
• Total | 3,150,890 |
• Density | 76/km2 (200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | FR-B |
GDP (2007) | Rankit {{{GDP_rank}}} |
Tot | €85.9 billion (US${{{GDP_US$}}} bn) |
NUTS Region | FR61 |
Website | aquitaine.fr |
Aquitaine consists o 3,150,890 inhabitants equivalent tae 6% o the total French population.
The region is hame tae mony successful sports teams. In particular wirth mentionin are:
Football
Rugby Union is pairticularly popular in the region. Clubs include:
Basketball
Bull-fechtin is an aw popular in the region.
Major Surfin championships regularly tak place on Aquitaine's coast.
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