Occitans
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The Occitans () are a Romance-speaking ethnic group originating in the historical region of Occitania (southern France, northeastern Spain, and northwestern Italy and Monaco). They have been also called Gascons, Provençals, and Auvergnats.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Occitans
- Ethnic group.image
- Occitancommunity.png
- Ethnic group.region1
- Occitania
- Ethnic group.languages
- Occitan (native); French (Meridional), Italian, Piedmontese, Spanish, Catalan (as a result of language shift)
- Ethnic group.religions
- Roman Catholicism, minority Protestantism and Waldensian
- Ethnic group.related
- Catalans, Valencians, French, Spaniards, Ligurians, Cagots
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 16000000
- Image
- Occitans.png
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The Occitans () are a Romance-speaking ethnic group originating in the historical region of Occitania (southern France, northeastern Spain, and northwestern Italy and Monaco). They have been also called Gascons, Provençals, and Auvergnats.
The Occitan language is still used to varying levels by between 100,000 and 800,000 speakers in southern France and northern Italy. Since 2006, the Occitan language is recognized as one of the official languages in Catalonia, an autonomous region of Spain.