Nouvelle-Aquitaine

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.

Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nòva Aquitània  (Occitan)
Akitania Berria  (Basque)
Region
The Château de la Roque in Meyrals
The Château de la Roque in Meyrals
Flag of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Flag
Coat of arms of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coat of arms
Country France
PrefectureBordeaux
Departments
12
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

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.

Geography
Map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The Nouvelle-Aquitaine region is the largest region of France with an area of 84,035.7 km2 (32,446 sq mi).[3] It is in southwestern France and borders to the northwest with the Pays de la Loire region, to the north with the Centre-Val de Loire region, to the east with the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, to the southwest with the Occitanie region and to the south with Spain.

The Nouvelle-Aquitaine has about 720 km (450 mi) of coast along the Atlantic Ocean.[4]

The distances from Bordeaux, the capital of the region, to other cities are:

Rivers

The only main drainage basin in the region is the Atlantic basin; some of the rivers in region, from south to north, are:

Mountains

The territory of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region is formed mostly by large plains and low plateaus (50–200 m (160–660 ft) high). In the northern part of the region, the highest point is Mont Bessou with an elevation of 976 m (3,202 ft), in the Massif Central. In the southern part of the region, there are higher mountains in the Pyrenees.

The Pic Palas (42°50′58″N 0°18′48″E), at 2,974 m (9,757 ft), is the highest mountain of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.[5] It is in the Pyrenees mountain range of southern Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

The highest point of the different departments in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region are:[6]

DepartmentMountainElevation
CharenteRocher aux Oiseaux368 m (1,207 ft)
Charente-MaritimeBois de Chantemerlière167 m (548 ft)
CorrèzeMont Bessou976 m (3,202 ft)
CreuseForêt de Châteauvert932 m (3,058 ft)
DordogneForêt de Vieillecour475 m (1,558 ft)
GirondeColline de Samazeuil166 m (545 ft)
LandesColline de Lauret213 m (699 ft)
Lot-et-GaronneBois Redon278 m (912 ft)
Pyrénées-AtlantiquesPic Palas2,974 m (9,757 ft)
Deux-SèvresTerrier de Saint-Martin-du-Fouilloux271 m (889 ft)
VienneLes Frémigis231 m (758 ft)
Haute-ViennePuy de Crozat777 m (2,549 ft)

Departments

The Nouvelle-Aquitaine region is formed by 12 departments:

ISO
3166-2		 Shield Department Prefecture Arr. Cant. Comm. Population
(2014)[7]		 Area
(km²)		 Density
(Inh./km²)
FR-16 Charente Angoulême 3 19 383 353,853 5,956.0 59.4
FR-17 Charente-Maritime La Rochelle 5 27 469 637,089 6,863.8 92.8
FR-19 Corrèze Tulle 3 19 283 241,340 5,856.8 41.2
FR-23 Creuse Guéret 2 15 258 120,581 5565.4 21.7
FR-24 Dordogne Périgueux 4 25 520 416,350 9,060.0 46.0
FR-33 Gironde Bordeaux 6 33 538 1,526,016 9,975.6 153.0
FR-40 Landes Mont-de-Marsan 2 15 330 400,477 9,242.6 43.3
FR-47 Lot-et-Garonne Agen 4 21 319 333,234 5,360.9 62.2
FR-64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques Pau 3 27 546 667,249 7,644.8 87.3
FR-79 Deux-Sèvres Niort 3 17 293 373,553 5,999.4 62.3
FR-86 Vienne Poitiers 3 19 274 433,203 6,990.4 62.0
FR-87 Haute-Vienne Limoges 3 21 200 376,199 5,520.1 68.2
Total of the Region 41 258 4,413 5,879,144 84,035.8 70.0

Arr. = Arrondissements          Cant. = Cantons          Comm. = Communes

Demographics

The Nouvelle-Aquitaine region had, in 2014, a population of 5,879,144,[8] for a population density of 70.0 inhabitants/km2.

Place de la Bourse at night with the Miroir d'eau and tram, Bordeaux

The main cities with more than 30,000 inhabitants (2014) in the region are:

INSEE
code		CityDepartmentPopulation
(2014)
33063BordeauxGironde246,586
87085LimogesHaute-Vienne134,577
86194PoitiersVienne87,435
64445PauPyrénées-Atlantiques77,489
17300La RochelleCharente-Maritime74,998
33281MérignacGironde69,301
33318PessacGironde61,514
79191NiortDeux-Sèvres58,311
64102BayonnePyrénées-Atlantiques48,178
19031Brive-la-GaillardeCorrèze46,961
16015AngoulêmeCharente41,955
33522TalenceGironde41,182
64024AngletPyrénées-Atlantiques38,633
47001AgenLot-et-Garonne34,126
86066ChâtelleraultVienne31,722
33550Villenave-d'OrnonGironde31,027
40192Mont-de-MarsanLandes31,009
24322PérigueuxDordogne30,069
  • Place du Maréchal Leclerc, Poitiers.
    Place du Maréchal Leclerc, Poitiers.
  • Boulevard des Pyrénées, Pau.
    Boulevard des Pyrénées, Pau.
  • Old harbour, La Rochelle.
    Old harbour, La Rochelle.

References
  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".
  3. "Région de la Nouvelle-Aquitaine (75)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  4. "Chiffres clés" (in French). La Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  5. "Pic Palas, France/Spain". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  6. "France Department High Points". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  7. "Populations légales 2014 des départements et des collectivités d'outre-mer" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  8. "Populations légales 2014: Recensement de la population - Population des régions" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 20 March 2017.

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