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Southern France or the south of France, colloquially known as ''le Midi'', is a defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin,〔 Spain, the Mediterranean, and Italy. The Midi includes: * Aquitaine * Corsica * Languedoc-Roussillon * Midi-Pyrénées * Poitou-Charentes (the Southern parts)〔Louis Papy, ''Le midi atlantique'', atlas et géographie de la France moderne, Flammarion, Paris, 1984〕 * Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur * Rhône-Alpes (the Southern parts) This area corresponds in large part to Occitania, the territory in which Occitan ((フランス語:langue d'oc)) — as distinct from the フランス語:''langues d'oïl'' of northern France — was historically the dominant language. Though part of Occitania, the regions of Auvergne and Limousin are not normally considered part of the south of France. The term ''Midi'' derives from ''mi'' (middle) and ''di'' (day) in Old French, comparable to the term Mezzogiorno from the south of Italy. The time of midday was synonymous with the direction of south because in France, as in all of the Northern Hemisphere north of the Tropic of Cancer, the sun is in the south at noon. The synonymy existed in Middle French as well, where フランス語:''meridien'' can refer to both ''midday'' and ''south''. The Midi is considered to start at Valence, hence the saying "à Valence le Midi commence". ==Films set in the South of France== * ''To Catch a Thief'' (1955) * ''Summer Holiday'' (1963) * ''Lacombe, Lucien'' (1974) * ''French Connection II'' (1975) * ''Jean de Florette'' (1986) * ''Manon des Sources'' (1986) * ''Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'' (1988) * ''Happiness Is in the Field'' (1995) * ''Chocolat'' (2000) * ''Amer'' (2009) * ''Swimming Pool'' (2003) * ''Mr. Bean's Holiday'' (2007) * ''Le Grand Voyage'' (2004) * ''Priceless'' (2006) * ''The Grocer's Son'' (2007) * ''Magic in the Moonlight'' (2014) 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「Southern France」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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