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Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes is a future Region of Southwestern France, created by the territorial reform of French Regions in 2014 by merger of Aquitaine, Limousin, and Poitou-Charentes. It will cover - or 1/8th of the country - and will have 5,808,594 inhabitants.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Insee - Populations légales 2012 - Populations légales 2012 des régions )〕 (municipal population on 1 January 2012). The new region will take effect after the regional elections of December 2015, on 1 January 2016. Larger than French Guiana, it will be the largest region in France, with an area equal of Austria. Its largest city, Bordeaux, together with its suburbs and satellite cities, forms the 7th metropolitan area of France, with 850,000 inhabitants. Since 1 January 2015, Bordeaux has the status of "Métropole". The region has 25 major urban areas among which the most important are - apart from Bordeaux and its 1,140,000 inhabitants - Bayonne and Limoges (283,000 inhabitants), Poitiers (255 000), Pau (241 000) and La Rochelle (206 000), as well as 11 major clusters. The growth of its population, particularly marked on the coast, will make one of the most attractive areas of French territory: the new region will outperform the Île-de-France and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in terms of demographic dynamism. Apart from the Ile-de-France, Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes is the first French region in research and innovation, with its five universities (Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Limoges, Poitiers and Pau) and several Grandes Ecoles. First agricultural region of Europe in terms of turnover, it will be the first French region in terms of tourism jobs, accounting including the presence of three of the four historic resorts on the French Atlantic coast (Arcachon, Biarritz and Royan), as well as several ski resorts (Gourette), and the fifth French region in terms of business creation (all sectors). Its economy is based on agriculture and viticulture (vineyards of Bordeaux and Cognac, internationally known), on tourism, on a powerful aerospace industry, digital economy and design, parachemical and pharmaceutical industries, financial sector (Niort is the fourth French financial place, specializing in mutual insurance companies) and industrial ceramics (Limoges). Its coastline has seen locate many companies specializing in sliding sports, mainly surf. From a cultural point of view, the new region will be one of the main constituent parts of Southern France (“Midi de la France”), marked by Basque, Occitan, Poitevin and Saintongeais cultures. Historically, it is the “indirect successor” to the medieval Aquitaine, and extends over a large part of the former Duchy of Eleanor of Aquitaine. ==Toponymy== The text of the law gives interim names for most of the merged regions, combining the names of their constituent regions separated by hyphens. Permanent names will be proposed by the new regional councils and confirmed by the Conseil d'Etat by 1 July 2016.〔(Quel nom pour la nouvelle région ? Vous avez choisi... ), Sud-Ouest, 4 December 2014, accessed 2 January 2015〕 The interim name of the new administrative region is a hyphenated placename, composed of the historic regions of ''Aquitaine'' + ''Limousin'' + ''Poitou'' + two ''départements'' named after the Charente River. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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