Aquitaine, France

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Pic du Midi d'Ossau reflected on Lake Gentau in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques in Aquitaine
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Aquitaine is one of the 26 regions of France located on the southwestern part of Metropolitan France. It faces the Bay of Biscay to the west, and borders Poitou-Charentes to the north, Limousin to the northeast, Midi-Pyrénées to the east and Spain to the south.

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Aquitaine covers 41,308 sq km (15,949 sq mi) and has a population of around 3.2 million people. The region has a GDP of €85.9 billion in 2007.

Annesse Canal, Dordogne
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Port de Biganos, Aquitaine
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The Aquitaine region has seen human habitation going back to prehistoric time. The earliest people were an Iberian tribe known as the Aquitani. Aquitania was created following Caesar's conquest of Gaul.

Going to Aquitaine

Autoroute A10 takes you from Paris to Bordeaux in Aquitaine. Also called L'Aquitaine, it runs 549 km from Paris to Bordeaux.

Notre Dame des Passes, Moulleau district, Arcachon, Aquitaine
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Towns and Cities in Aquitaine

Bordeaux - regional capital
Agen
Bayonne
Mont-De-Marsan
Pau
Périgueux

Departments of Aquitaine

Dordogne
Landes
Gironde
Lot et Garonne
Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Tourist Sights in Aquitaine

Chateau de Curton
Chateau de Malle
Roquetaillade Castle

Members of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

Ainhoa
Belvès
Beynac-et-Cazenac
Domme
La Bastide-Clairence
La Roque-Gageac
Limeuil
Monflanquin
Monpazier
Pujols-le-Haut, Pujols
Saint-Amand-de-Coly
Saint-Jean-de-Côle
Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère
Sare

Beach Resorts of Aquitaine

Arcachon
Biarritz
Lacanau
Leon
Soulac

Specialties of Aquitaine

Noisettines du Médoc

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