Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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Country | France |
Prefecture | Bordeaux |
Departments | |
Government | |
• President of the Regional Council | Alain Rousset (PS) |
Area | |
• Total | 84,036 km2 (32,446 sq mi) |
• Rank | 1st |
Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | |
• Total | 6,010,289 |
• Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
Demonym | New-aquitanians |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | FR-NAQ |
GDP () | Ranked |
Total | € billion (US$ bn) |
Per capita | € (US$) |
Official languages | French |
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.