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in brief
Occitania
Occitània/Occitania
General information
Population: 15.500.000 inhabitants (2006)
Area: 190.000 km2
Institutions: Conselh Generau d'Aran
State administration: France, Italy, Spain and Monaco
Major cities: Marselha, Tolosa, Montpelhièr, Pau and Baiona
Territorial language: Occitan
Official language: French, Italian, Catalan, Spanish and Occitan
Major religion: Christianity (Catholicism)
Polítics
Political system: Occitania has no political structure. The only Occitan-speaking region where political boundaries coincide with linguistic boundaries is the Aran Valley, a semi-autonomous province of Catalonia in the Pyrenees.
Territory: ARAN VALLEY
Area: 633,60 Km2
Population: 9.219 inhabitants (2005)
Capital: Vielha e Mijaran
Territorial language: Occitan (known as Aranese)
Official language: Occitan, Catalan and Spanish
Political system: Autonomous province
President, party (year): Paco Boya, UA-PSC (2007)
Distribution of seats in General Council (2007). 13 members:
Unitat d'Aran-Progrés Municipal-PSC (UA-PSC, Unity of Aran-Municipal Progress) – 6
Convergència Democràtica Aranesa (CDA, Aranese Democratic Convergence)– 6
Partit Renovador Arties-Garòs (PRA-G, Arties-Garòs Renawal Party)– 1
Electoral system: Proportional
Government: UA-PSC
Links
Political institutions
Consell General d'Aran (General Council of Aran) www.conselharan.org
Political parties
Partit de la Nació Occitana (PNO, Occitan Nation Party) www.p-n-o.org
Partit Occitan (PO, Occitan Party) http://partitoccitan.free.fr
Unitat d'Aran (UA, Unity of Aran) www.unitatdaran.org
Converència Democràtica Aranesa (CDA, Aranese Democratic Convergence) www.convergenciaran.org
Civic movements
País Nòstre (Our Country) http://paisnostre.midiblogs.com
Iniciativa per Occitània (Iniciative for Occitania) www.iniciativaoc.org
Anaram au patac http://pagesperso-orange.fr/anaram
Language and culture
Institut d'Estudis Occitans (Occitan Studies Institute) http://ieo-oc.org
Centre Occitan de Recèrca, Documentacion e d'Animacion Ethnograficas (Occitan Centre for Research, Documentation and Etnographic Activities) www.talvera.org
Chambra d'Òc, Occitan Valleys association in the Italian state www.chambradoc.it
Information on Occitania www.occitania.org
Media
Ràdio Occitània www.radio-occitania.com
Ràdio País www.radio-pais.com
Ràdio Lengadòc Montpelhièr www.radiolengadoc.com
Ràdio Lengadòc Narbona www.lengadoc.eu
La Setmana www.vistedit.com