The extent of Occitania may vary according to the criteria used:
• Based on a geolinguistic definition, Occitania is the area of See more

The langue d'oc is a territorialized language, that is to say, spoken mainly on a territory whose boundaries can be described. This part … See more

Written texts in Occitan appeared in the 10th century: it was first used in legal texts, and then in literary, scientific, and religious texts. Spoken See more

Occitanist associations or organizations
The oldest Occitanist association is the Felibritge, founded in 1854. In 1945, after the Second World War, some of the association's … See more

Occitania comes from the medieval Latin Occitania. The first part of the name, Occ-, comes from Occitan òc and the expression langue d'oc, in … See more

Occitania includes the following regions:
• The southern half of France: Provence, Drôme-Vivarais, Auvergne, Limousin, Guyenne See more

Although not really a colony in a modern sense, there was an Occitan enclave in the County of Tripoli, founded in 1102 by Raymond IV of … See more