Occitanie

The consultation of the people in the new region formed from the fusion of Midi Pyrenees and Languedoc Roussillon has seen the name Occitanie top the choices (there were 5 options), with 45% of the votes. The Regional Assembly will decide on 24th June whether to agree this appellation, but has said that in principle it will respect the democratic choice.
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The Kings of France were always fearful of the stroppy beggars from Toulouse.

Val says  great discussions going on " chez nous" at the moment about the choice of name of the new huge region and which city should be the capital. We are both in agreement with Ginny about Languedoc, the ancient name of the whole area but where should the capital be?
The passage below shows it has been a matter of discussion over the centuries.

Resulting from this intricate entanglement of administrations and jurisdictions so typical of France before the French Revolution, it is hard to say which city was the capital city of Languedoc. Toulouse and Montpellier both often claim to be the capital of Languedoc. As a matter of fact, in the 18th century the monarchy clearly favored Montpellier, a city much smaller than Toulouse, and with less history and memories attached to it than the ancient metropolis of Toulouse, of which the kings of France were always fearful. However, most people consider that Toulouse is the real capital city of the province of Languedoc, due to its old status as center of the county of Toulouse, and due to the mighty power of its parlement. On maps (both ancient and modern) showing the provinces of France in 1789 (in fact the gouvernements as was explained above), Toulouse is always marked as the capital city of Languedoc.
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What is in a name?

Dear Val

Rather than inventing a new or composite name for the new region lets go back to the Languedoc and be constantly  reminded of  the age of the troubadours.

Its centre has  to be Montpellier unfortunately as it is much more central but then I am not French and have no real ties to anywhere but Puycelsi

Ginny 

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Languedoc Pyrenees or Pyrenees Languedoc or Midi Languedoc?

Any ideas for a new name for our region? And where should the headquarters of the region be, Toulouse or Montpellier? Any ideas of preference?
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The fusion of the regions

The government has passed a law to reduce the number of regions from 20 to 13, that would see the fusion of Midi Pyrenees and Languedoc Roussillon.
Nicolas Sarkozy has said if he comes back to power he would reverse it.
Val says  Funnily enough Malc and I would have preferred to go with Aquitaine but looking at the map perhaps it is also logical to join Languedoc Roussillon. 
What will the new region be called?  Malc thinks as Midi Pyrenees has no historical equivalent, it might be that Languedoc wins through. 
I would miss Midi Pyrenees.
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