Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nòva Aquitània  (Occitan)
Akitania Berria  (Basque)
The Château de la Roque in Meyrals
Flag of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coat of arms of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country France
PrefectureBordeaux
Departments
Government
 • President of the Regional CouncilAlain Rousset (PS)
Area
 • Total84,036 km2 (32,446 sq mi)
 • Rank1st
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
 • Total6,010,289
 • Density72/km2 (190/sq mi)
DemonymNew-aquitanians
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeFR-NAQ
GDP ()Ranked
Total€ billion (US$ bn)
Per capita€ (US$)
Official languagesFrench

Nouvelle-Aquitaine (Occitan: Nòva Aquitània) is one of the administrative regions of France. Its capital is Bordeaux.[2] By land area, it is the largest region of France.

It is in the southwest of France formed in 2014 by three old regions: Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charentes. Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes was the temporary name for the region.

  1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. "FRANCE: Nouvelle-Aquitaine".

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