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Aquitaine (French pronunciation: [akitɛn], Occitan: Aquitània, [akiˈtanjɔ], 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)[1] | Rankit {{{GDP_rank}}} |
| Tot | €85.9 billion (US${{{GDP_US$}}} bn) |
| NUTS Region | FR61 |
| Website | aquitaine.fr |
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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
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux, ane o Fraunce's maist successful association fitbaa teams.
- Pau FC
- FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin
Rugby Union is pairticularly popular in the region. Clubs include:
- SU Agen
- Aviron Bayonnais
- Biarritz Olympique, runners-up in the 2005-6 Heineken Cup.
- Union Bordeaux-Bègles
- Section Paloise
- US Dax
Basketball
- Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez ane o the mait successful French basketbaw clubs
Bull-fechtin is an aw popular in the region.
Major Surfin championships regularly tak place on Aquitaine's coast.
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- Aquitania
- Basque fowk
- Basque Kintra (greater region)
- Bordeaux wine regions
- Gascony
- Occitania
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