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Midi-Pyrénées
Midi-Pyrénées (Occitan: Miègjorn-Pirenèus or Mieidia-Pirenèus) is the largest region of metropolitan France by area, larger than the Netherlands or Denmark.
Midi-Pyrénées has no historical or geographical unity. It is one of the regions of France created artificially in the late 20th century to...
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Montauban
Montauban (Montalban in Occitan) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France. It is the capital of the department and lies 31 miles (50 km) north of Toulouse.
The town, built mainly of a reddish...
Toulouse
Toulouse (pronounced [tuluz] (help·info) in standard French, and [tuˈluzə] (help·info) locally with Toulouse accent) (in Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced [tuˈluzɔ], primarily Tholoza) is a city in southwest France on the banks of the River Garonne, 590...
Lot
Lot (Occitan: Òlt) is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot River.
Lot is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the province of Languedoc. In 1808,...
Haute-Garonne
Haute-Garonne (Occitan: Nauta Garona; English: Upper Garonne) is a department in the southwest of France named after the Garonne river. Its main city is Toulouse.
Haute-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French...
Albi
Albi is a commune in southern France. It is the capital of the Tarn department. It is located on the River Tarn 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called Albigensians (French: Albigeois/ Albigeoise(s)). It was the seat of...
Condom
Condom (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃dɔ̃]), also referred to as Condom-en-Armagnac, is a commune in south-western France in the department of Gers, of which it is a sub-prefecture.
Condom is a town on the Via Podiensis, one of the three major French...
Lourdes
Lourdes (Occitan: Lorda) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in south-western France.
Lourdes is a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees, famous for the Marian apparitions of Our Lady of...
Conques
Conques (Concas in occitan) is a commune in the Aveyron department in south-western France.
The village is located at the confluence of the Dourdou and Ouche rivers. It is built on a hillside and has classic narrow Medieval streets. As a result,...
Col du Tourmalet
Col du Tourmalet (2,115 m / 6,939 ft) is the highest road in the central Pyrenees in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in France. Sainte-Marie-de-Campan is at the foot on the eastern side and the ski station La Mongie two-thirds of the way up. Luz...
Figeac
Figeac (Occitan : Fijac) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.
Figeac is a sub-prefecture of the department.
Figeac is on the via Podensis, a major hiking medieval pilgrimage trail which is part of the Way of St. James. Today,...
Auch
Auch (French pronunciation: [ɔʃ]; Gascon Occitan: Aush [awʃ]) is a commune in south-western France. Located in the region of Midi-Pyrénées, it is the capital of the Gers department. Auch is the historical capital of Gascony. At the 1999 census there...
Tarbes
Tarbes is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.
It is part of the historical region of Gascony. It is the second largest metropolitan area of Midi-Pyrénées, with 110,000 inhabitants.
It is the seat of the diocese of...
Foix
Foix (French pronunciation: [fwa]; Occitan: Fois, [ˈfujs, ˈfujʃ]; Catalan: Foix, [ˈfoʃ]) is a commune, the capital of the Ariège département in France. It is the least populous administrative centre of a département in all of France (1999 census),...
Verdun
Verdun is a small village and commune in the Ariège département of southern France. Verdun has a population of 188 as of 1999. Inhabitants of Verdun are called Verdunois.
Verdun is located in the upper Ariège valley, in the Pyrénées.
The village...
Cahors
Cahors (French pronunciation: [kaɔʁ]; Occitan: Caors, pronounced [kaˈurs, ˈkɔws, ˈkɔw]) is the capital of the Lot department in south-western France.
Its site is dramatic being contained on three sides within an udder shaped twist in the river Lot...
Roquefort-sur-Soulzon
Roquefort-sur-Soulzon (Occitan: Ròcafòrt) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.
It is located on the Causse du Larzac and is famous for its ewe's milk Roquefort cheese. Much of the activity in the commune centres on the...
Millau
Millau (Occitan: Milhau) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. It is located at the confluence of the Tarn and Dourbie rivers.
By the 1st century AD there was a settlement on the spot, identified by Dieudonne du Rey late in the...
Péguilhan
Péguilhan is a commune centred around a hilltop village in the Haute-Garonne department in south-western France, in the historical region of Gascony. The village has far-reaching views towards the Pyrenees. Péguilhan is surrounded by woodland and...
Montcuq
Montcuq is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.
Lying 25 km outside of Cahors, its residents are known as Montcuqois.
The town remains vibrant and a popular tourist destination. It still has a rich agricultural industry, and is...
Saint-Jean
Saint-Jean is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in south-western France. It is located northeast of Toulouse on the N88 or road of Albi (exit 14 on the peripheral).
One of the commune's main points of interest is its historic church.
Belloc
Belloc is a commune in the Ariège department of south-western France. It is located between Mirepoix and Foix and sits in the midst of a vast agricultural area. The mairie is the heart of this tiny commune which boasts incredible vistas toward the...
Orgueil
Orgueil is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France.
Orgueil has existed for more than 1000 years. It was first mentioned in the 9th century, when Orgueil was part of Saint-Sernin Abbaye in Toulouse....
Castres
Castres (Castras in the Languedocian dialect of Occitan) is a commune, and arrondissement capital in the Tarn department and Midi-Pyrenées region in southern France. It lies in the former French province of Languedoc.
Castres is (after Toulouse and...
Lies
Lies is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.
Montségur
Montségur is a commune in the Ariège department in south-western France.
It is famous for its fort and was one of the last strongholds of the Cathars. The present fortress on the site, though described as one of the "Cathar castles," is actually of...
Cajarc
Cajarc is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.
It is a stopping place on the Via podensis, the medieval pilgrimage route from Le Puy to Santiago de Compostela, but also attracts tourists on account of its medieval town centre,...
Saint-Gaudens
Saint-Gaudens is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department in south-western France
Saint-Gaudens is an administrative centre (sous-préfecture) for the south of the Haute-Garonne département, at an altitude of 405m on a ledge...
Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Bagnères-de-Bigorre is a French commune in the south-western Hautes-Pyrénées department, of which it is a sub-prefecture.
Bagnères-de-Bigorre is located on the Adour river.
Bagnères-de-Bigorre was the birthplace of:
English writer and comedian Tony...
Carla-Bayle
Carla-Bayle is a commune in the Ariège department in south-western France.
It was the birthplace of Pierre Bayle (1647-1706), philosopher and writer.
It was originally named Carla-le-Comte, and was renamed Carla-Bayle after Pierre Bayle.
Rodez
Rodez (Occitan: Rodés) is a city and commune in southern France, in the Aveyron department, of which it is the capital. Its inhabitants are called Ruthenois.
Existing from at least the 5th century BC, Rodez was founded by the Celts. After the Roman...
Laguiole
Laguiole (La Guiòla in Occitan) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.
It is known for its Laguiole cheese, which has an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (label of guaranteed origin), and as the birthplace of the Laguiole knife....
Bozouls
Bozouls is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.
By car it is located on Route Maquis de Jean Pierre (D20) thirty minutes from Rodez, one hour from the Gorges du Tarn, two hours northeast of Toulouse, and six and a half hours due...
Montaillou
Montaillou (occitan Montalhon) is a small village and commune in southern France. It is in the eastern half of the Pyrenees in the Ariège département.
The town is best known for being the subject of Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie's pioneering work of...
Pinas
Pinas is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.
Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val
Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France.
Anciently known by its Celtic name of Condate (confluence), legend recounts that the abbey of Saint-Antonin (Occitan: Sant Antoní)...
Mazamet
Mazamet is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.
It is the second-largest component of the Castres-Mazamet metropolitan area.
Mazamet is situated on the northern slope of the Montagnes Noires and on the Arnette, a small tributary of...
Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance
Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.
Bartrès
Bartrès is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.
The village is famous for its association with St Bernadette Soubirous. St. Bernadette was sent there in her infancy to a wet nurse, and again in her early teens to work...
Bruniquel
Bruniquel is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France.
The tiny fortified village of 561 inhabitants is at an altitude of 250 metres by the river Aveyron.
The river Vère flows northward through the...
Lavaur, Tarn
Lavaur is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. It lies 37 km southeast of Montauban by rail.
Lavaur was taken in 1211 by Simon de Montfort during the wars of the Albigenses, and several times during the religious wars of the 16th...
Prayssac
Prayssac (French pronunciation: [pʀeˈsak]) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.
Rocamadour
Rocamadour (Rocamador in Occitan) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.
It lies in the former province of Quercy.
Rocamadour has attracted visitors for its beautiful setting in a gorge above a tributary of the River Dordogne,...
Pamiers
Pamiers is a commune of southern France, in the Ariège département, in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France. It is a sous-préfecture of Ariège. Although Pamiers is the largest city in Ariège, the préfecture (capital) resides in the smaller town of...
Moissac
Moissac is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France.
It is famous world-wide mostly for the artistic heritage handed down by the ancient Saint Peter's Abbey.
The Saint-Pierre abbey in Moissac has a...
Théminettes
Théminettes is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.
La Couvertoirade
La Couvertoirade is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.
La Couvertoirade is located on the Larzac plateau.
This well-preserved fortified town was owned by the Knights Templar, under orders from the Commandery of Sainte-Eulalie,...
Alos, Tarn
Alos is a commune of the Tarn department in southern France.
Castelsarrasin
Castelsarrasin is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in Midi-Pyrénées region of France. The inhabitants are called Castelsarrasinois.
The first signs of life in the town is from 961. The name, Castel Sarracenum, would indicate that the...
Lombers
Lombers is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.
Lombers was a significant centre of Catharism in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. It was the location of a Catholic-Cathar debate, perhaps in the 1180s, between Guillaume Peyre...
Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac
Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France about 7 kilometres from Aubrac.
The town is in a large and beautiful green valley on the GR 65, the Way of Saint James pilgrim route. When travelling on the long distance...
Gaillac
Gaillac (Occitan: Galhac) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.
It lies 50 km north-east of Toulouse.
It is a 1000-year-old town in an area that has produced wine since Roman times. It is a market town and is the commercial centre...
Marciac
Marciac is a commune in the Gers department in south-western France. It is famous for its annual international jazz festival, which runs for a fortnight every summer.
The town is characteristic of the bastides in the area - central village square...
Mirepoix
Mirepoix is a historic town in the Hers valley of the Ariège département, in the south of France, between Carcassonne and Pamiers. The inhabitants are called Mirapiciens.
The original town was virtually destroyed by flooding of the Hers-Vif river on...
Barèges
Barèges is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. It is situated in the valley of the stream Bastan on the former Route nationale 618, the "Route of the Pyrénées."
Its warm sulphurous waters first became generally known...
Cauterets
Cauterets is a spa town, a ski resort and a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.
Cauterets is located 32 km (20 mi) southwest of Lourdes in the beautiful valley of the Gave de Cauterets and borders the Pyrenees National...
Viala-du-Tarn
Viala-du-Tarn is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.
The town of Le Viala dates from Medieval times and contains several interesting towers built in the 14th century. The administration of the Commune maintains a popular swimming...
Bagnères-de-Luchon
Bagnères-de-Luchon, also referred to as Luchon, is a spa town and a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in south-western France.
Bagnères-de-Luchon is located 87 m. S.S.W. of Toulouse, at the end of a branch line of the Southern railway from...
Gramat
Gramat is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.
Decazeville
Decazeville (or La Sala in Occitan) is a commune in the Aveyron department in south-western France.
The town was named after Élie, duc Decazes.
Decazeville is an old industrial mining town. Conques and Marcillac-Vallon are nearby villages that are...
Carmaux
Carmaux is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.
Carmaux was famous for its important coal mining (from thirteenth century to 2000) and its glassworks (from eighteenth century to 1931). "In 1892, Jean Jaurès supported the miners of...
