Midi-Pyrénées

M idi-P yrénées, T his p age w as e dited b y K irsty L amond & J emma F airlie.

To play the video below, please press the play button in the middle of the screen. When you press that there should be icons in the bottom right corner, then press "HD" then drag the blob along to the start, then hit play to play it from the beginning, Thank you. media type="youtube" key="Up0uRai7lb4" height="436" width="721"  <span style="color: rgb(237, 135, 185); font-size: 40%; text-align: left; display: block;"> <span style="color: rgb(183, 149, 135); font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left; display: block;">Midi-Pyrénéess is the largest French region, and is even larger than eight of the European Union states. Located between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, it is often referred to as "the region where the living is good" by its 2,550,000 inhabitants and the hundreds of thousands of visitors that come to every corner of the Midi-Pyrénées each year. <span style="color: rgb(183, 149, 135); font-size: 550%; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center; display: block;"><span style="color: rgb(237, 135, 185); font-size: 40%; text-align: left; display: block;"> <span style="color: rgb(254, 42, 146); font-size: 120%; text-align: left; display: block;"><span style="color: rgb(206, 95, 149);">Midi-Pyrénées is made up of 8 departments : Ariège, Aveyron, Gers, Haute-Garonne, Hautes-Pyrénées, Lot, Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne. All except the Hautes <span style="color: rgb(183, 149, 135); font-size: 550%; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center; display: block;"><span style="color: rgb(237, 135, 185); font-size: 40%; text-align: left; display: block;">  <span style="color: rgb(254, 42, 146); font-size: 120%; text-align: left; display: block;"><span style="color: rgb(206, 95, 149);">-Pyrénées department owe their name to the river that crosses them. <span style="color: rgb(183, 149, 135); font-size: 550%; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center; display: block;"><span style="color: rgb(237, 135, 185); font-size: 40%; text-align: left; display: block;"> <span style="color: rgb(237, 135, 185);"><span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(254, 42, 146); text-align: left; display: block;"><span style="color: rgb(183, 149, 135); font-family: Georgia,serif;">Midi-Pyrénées is bordered to both the north and south by mountains, and the Pyrenees form a natural frontier with Spain. It also has endless attractions to explore. <span style="color: rgb(237, 135, 185);"><span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(254, 42, 146); text-align: left; display: block;"> <span style="color: rgb(206, 95, 149);">The region is home to 23 of the 38 winter sports resorts in the Pyrenees, which also represent a popular place for fishing.

<span style="color: rgb(183, 149, 135);"><span style="color: rgb(183, 149, 135);">The countless markets in the region represent an opportunity to discover new things and meet the stallholders, the people who make the Midi-Pyrénées what it is. <span style="color: rgb(206, 95, 149);">Midi-Pyrénées offers you a great feast of food, and its menus are packed with local products with an international reputation. Foie gras comes top of the list, while truffles, mysterious and too rare, are often associated with the region. Even nature offers its treasures to passers-by, with cep mushrooms to be found in the undergrowth in autumn and bryony along the paths in spring. Cassoulet, aligot (mashed potatoes with cheese), garbure (soup with cabbage and confit of goose), stockfish and gâteau à la broche (spit-roasted cake) are just some of the traditional recipes that make the Midi-Pyrénées a region of culinary delights.

<span style="color: rgb(237, 135, 185);"><span style="color: rgb(183, 149, 135);"> Left: This flag is the current official Midi-Pyrénées flag. It is red with the Languedoc cross in the middle. <span style="color: rgb(183, 149, 135);">

<span style="color: rgb(237, 135, 185);"><span style="color: rgb(206, 95, 149);">Right: <span style="color: rgb(206, 95, 149);"><span style="color: rgb(237, 135, 185);"><span style="color: rgb(183, 149, 135);">   <span style="color: rgb(237, 135, 185);"><span style="color: rgb(206, 95, 149);">  <span style="color: rgb(183, 149, 135);"> <span style="color: rgb(237, 135, 185);"><span style="color: rgb(206, 95, 149);">  <span style="color: rgb(206, 95, 149);"><span style="color: rgb(237, 135, 185);"><span style="color: rgb(183, 149, 135);">    <span style="color: rgb(206, 95, 149);"> <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(254, 42, 146); text-align: left; display: block;"><span style="color: rgb(183, 149, 135);">  <span style="color: rgb(206, 95, 149); font-size: 110%;"><span style="color: rgb(206, 95, 149);">The first flag of the Regional Council was a European Union-like flag: blue with eight stars (representing the eight departments in the region) and a little red cross of Toulouse in upper canton. That flag was in use during the 1986-1992 mandate of the Regional Council. <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(254, 42, 146); text-align: left; display: block;"><span style="color: rgb(206, 95, 149);"><span style="color: rgb(237, 135, 185);"><span style="color: rgb(183, 149, 135);"> <span style="color: rgb(237, 135, 185);"><span style="color: rgb(183, 149, 135);"> <span style="color: rgb(206, 95, 149);"> <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(254, 42, 146); text-align: left; display: block;"><span style="color: rgb(206, 95, 149);"> <span style="color: rgb(183, 149, 135);">Thank you for reading.

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