Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Administrative region of France
Nouvelle-Aquitaine (Occitan: Nòva Aquitània) is one of the administrative regions of France.
Its capital is Bordeaux. By land area, it is the largest region of France.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
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 The Château de la Roque in Meyrals | |
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| Country |  France |
| Prefecture | Bordeaux |
| Departments | |
| Government | |
| • President of the Regional Council | Alain Rousset (PS) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 84,036 km2 (32,446 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 1st |
| Population (Jan. 2019) | |
| • Total | 6,010,289 |
| • Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Demonym | New-aquitanians |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-NAQ |
| GDP () | Ranked |
| Total | € billion (US$ bn) |
| Per capita | € (US$) |
| Official languages | French |
It is in the southwest of France formed in 2014 by three old regions: Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charentes. Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes was the temporary name for the region.
Geography
The Nouvelle-Aquitaine region is the largest region of France with an area of 84,035.7 km2 (32,446 sq mi). It is in southwestern France and borders to the northwest with the Pays de la Loire region, to the north with the Centre-Val de Loire region, to the east with the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, to the southwest with the Occitanie region and to the south with Spain.
The Nouvelle-Aquitaine has about 720 km (450 mi) of coast along the Atlantic Ocean.
The distances from Bordeaux, the capital of the region, to other cities are:
- Paris, the national capital, 585 km (364 mi)
- Toulouse, 243 km (151 mi)
- Marseille, 645 km (401 mi)
- Lyon, 554 km (344 mi)
- Montpellier, 480 km (298 mi)
- Nice, 801 km (498 mi)
Rivers
The only main drainage basin in the region is the Atlantic basin; some of the rivers in region, from south to north, are:
- Adour - 309 km (192 mi)
- Garonne - 647 km (402 mi)
- Dordogne - 483 km (300 mi); it joins the Garonne river to form the Gironde estuary
- Charente - 381.4 km (237.0 mi)
- Sèvre Niortaise - 158.4 km (98.4 mi)
Mountains
The territory of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region is formed mostly by large plains and low plateaus (50–200 m (160–660 ft) high). In the northern part of the region, the highest point is Mont Bessou with an elevation of 976 m (3,202 ft), in the Massif Central. In the southern part of the region, there are higher mountains in the Pyrenees.
The Pic Palas (42°50′58″N 0°18′48″E / 42.84944°N 0.31333°E), at 2,974 m (9,757 ft), is the highest mountain of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is in the Pyrenees mountain range of southern Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
The highest point of the different departments in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region are:
| Department | Mountain | Elevation |
|---|---|---|
| Charente | Rocher aux Oiseaux | 368 m (1,207 ft) |
| Charente-Maritime | Bois de Chantemerlière | 167 m (548 ft) |
| Corrèze | Mont Bessou | 976 m (3,202 ft) |
| Creuse | Forêt de Châteauvert | 932 m (3,058 ft) |
| Dordogne | Forêt de Vieillecour | 475 m (1,558 ft) |
| Gironde | Colline de Samazeuil | 166 m (545 ft) |
| Landes | Colline de Lauret | 213 m (699 ft) |
| Lot-et-Garonne | Bois Redon | 278 m (912 ft) |
| Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Pic Palas | 2,974 m (9,757 ft) |
| Deux-Sèvres | Terrier de Saint-Martin-du-Fouilloux | 271 m (889 ft) |
| Vienne | Les Frémigis | 231 m (758 ft) |
| Haute-Vienne | Puy de Crozat | 777 m (2,549 ft) |
Departments
The Nouvelle-Aquitaine region is formed by 12 departments:
| ISO 3166-2 | Shield | Department | Prefecture | Arr. | Cant. | Comm. | Population (2014) | Area (km²) | Density (Inh./km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR-16 |  | Charente | Angoulême | 3 | 19 | 383 | 353,853 | 5,956.0 | 59.4 |
| FR-17 |  | Charente-Maritime | La Rochelle | 5 | 27 | 469 | 637,089 | 6,863.8 | 92.8 |
| FR-19 |  | Corrèze | Tulle | 3 | 19 | 283 | 241,340 | 5,856.8 | 41.2 |
| FR-23 |  | Creuse | Guéret | 2 | 15 | 258 | 120,581 | 5565.4 | 21.7 |
| FR-24 |  | Dordogne | Périgueux | 4 | 25 | 520 | 416,350 | 9,060.0 | 46.0 |
| FR-33 |  | Gironde | Bordeaux | 6 | 33 | 538 | 1,526,016 | 9,975.6 | 153.0 |
| FR-40 |  | Landes | Mont-de-Marsan | 2 | 15 | 330 | 400,477 | 9,242.6 | 43.3 |
| FR-47 |  | Lot-et-Garonne | Agen | 4 | 21 | 319 | 333,234 | 5,360.9 | 62.2 |
| FR-64 |  | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Pau | 3 | 27 | 546 | 667,249 | 7,644.8 | 87.3 |
| FR-79 |  | Deux-Sèvres | Niort | 3 | 17 | 293 | 373,553 | 5,999.4 | 62.3 |
| FR-86 |  | Vienne | Poitiers | 3 | 19 | 274 | 433,203 | 6,990.4 | 62.0 |
| FR-87 |  | Haute-Vienne | Limoges | 3 | 21 | 200 | 376,199 | 5,520.1 | 68.2 |
| Total of the Region | 41 | 258 | 4,413 | 5,879,144 | 84,035.8 | 70.0 | |||
Arr. = Arrondissements Cant. = Cantons Comm. = Communes
Demographics
The Nouvelle-Aquitaine region had, in 2014, a population of 5,879,144, for a population density of 70.0 inhabitants/km2.
The main cities with more than 30,000 inhabitants (2014) in the region are:
| INSEE code | City | Department | Population (2014) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33063 | Bordeaux | Gironde | 246,586 |
| 87085 | Limoges | Haute-Vienne | 134,577 |
| 86194 | Poitiers | Vienne | 87,435 |
| 64445 | Pau | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 77,489 |
| 17300 | La Rochelle | Charente-Maritime | 74,998 |
| 33281 | Mérignac | Gironde | 69,301 |
| 33318 | Pessac | Gironde | 61,514 |
| 79191 | Niort | Deux-Sèvres | 58,311 |
| 64102 | Bayonne | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 48,178 |
| 19031 | Brive-la-Gaillarde | Corrèze | 46,961 |
| 16015 | Angoulême | Charente | 41,955 |
| 33522 | Talence | Gironde | 41,182 |
| 64024 | Anglet | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 38,633 |
| 47001 | Agen | Lot-et-Garonne | 34,126 |
| 86066 | Châtellerault | Vienne | 31,722 |
| 33550 | Villenave-d'Ornon | Gironde | 31,027 |
| 40192 | Mont-de-Marsan | Landes | 31,009 |
| 24322 | Périgueux | Dordogne | 30,069 |
Gallery
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Place du Maréchal Leclerc, Poitiers. -
Boulevard des Pyrénées, Pau. -
Old harbour, La Rochelle.
Related pages
References
Other websites
- Regional Council website Archived 2016-01-07 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- Prefecture of the region
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