Southern France
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- Aquitaine
- Midi-Pyrénées
- Languedoc-Roussillon
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Corsica
- Rhone-Alpes
- Auvergne
- Limousin
This area corresponds in large part to Occitania; that is to say, the territory in which Occitan (the langue d'oc) – as distinct from the langues d'oïl of northern France – was the historically dominant language.
The name le Midi derives from mi (middle) and di (day) in Old French. The midday was synonymous with the direction of south, because in France (and the rest of the north Hemisphere), the sun moves southward at noon. The synonymy exists in Middle French as well, where meridien means both "midday" and "south."
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Films set in the South of France
- To Catch a Thief (1955)
- Lacombe Lucien (1974)
- French Connection II (1975)
- Jean de Florette (1986)
- Manon of the Spring (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)
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