Aquitaine

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
Region o Fraunce
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Kintra	Fraunce
Prefectur	Bordeaux
Departments	5 Dordogne Gironde Landes Lot-et-Garonne Pyrénées-Atlantiques
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

Demographics

Aquitaine consists o 3,150,890 inhabitants equivalent tae 6% o the total French population.

Sport

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.

See an aw

• Aquitania
• Basque fowk
• Basque Kintra (greater region)
• Bordeaux wine regions
• Gascony
• Occitania