Southern France
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This region consists of the southern part of France. The definition of its limits is not clear. Generally it consisted of the regions that borders Spain, the Mediterranean Sea and Italy. Even if only some of those French regions are located on the Mediterranean Sea, the whole of southern France is generally considered to have a bigger mediterranean influence than the northern part. They include:
Linguistically these regions could be defined by the opposition of the "langue d'oïl" (northern France), versus "langue d'oc" (called Occitan), which was spoken in the southern regions. The problem is that it is now a historical concept since Occitan is not spoken or used as a first language anymore.