LANGUEDOC
Languedoc is a former province of France, now continued in the modern-day regions of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées in the south of France, and whose capital city was Toulouse, now in Midi-Pyrénées. The province of Languedoc covered an area of approximately 42,700 km² (16,490 sq. miles) in the central part of southern France, roughly the region between the Rhone River (border with Provence) and the Garonne River (border with Gascony), extending northwards to the Cévennes and the Massif Central (border with Auvergne).
Languedoc corresponds to the origin countries of Languedoc annexed to the royal domain in the thirteenth century. Its extent was then reduced to the former province of Languedoc (a region where people speak Occitan).
Today, the territory of the former province of Languedoc corresponds mainly to the French regions of Midi-Pyrenees and Languedoc-Roussillon, which correspond respectively to the former Upper and Lower Languedoc, and also in the Rhone-Alpes, with the Ardèche and Auvergne region with part of the Haute-Loire. The Languedoc is part of the Occitania.
Coat-of-Arms
The Occitan cross — also cross of Occitania, cross of Languedoc, cross of Forcalquier and Toulouse cross — is the symbol of Occitania. It was first used as such, probably, in the coat-of-arms of the counts of Forcalquier in Provence, and then by the counts of Toulouse in the traditional territory of Languedoc and later spread to the other provinces of the country, namely Provence, Guyenne, Gascony, Dauphiné, Auvergne and Limousin.
A yellow Occitan cross on a blood-red background with the seven-armed golden star of the Felibritge makes up the flag of modern-day Occitania. It can also be found in the emblems of Midi-Pyrénées, Languedoc-Roussillon and Hautes-Alpes, among many others, as well as in cemeteries and at country crossroads.
The Occitan cross is technically described as "mouthed and hollowed out, with keys (or paws) and golden spheres". It's still the object of a dispute among experts as to whether its first appearance in Occitania was in Provence or Languedoc.
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