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Region of SW France, comprising the
departements of Ariege, Aveyron,
Haute-Garonne, Gers, Lot, Haute-Pyrenees,
Tarn, and Tarn-et-Garonne area 45,300 sq
km/17,486 sq mi population (1986) 2,355,000
towns capital Toulouse; Montauban, Cahors,
Rodez, and Lourdes products fruit, wine,
livestock features several spa towns, winter
resorts, and prehistoric caves history
occupied by the Basques since prehistoric
times, this region once formed part of the
prehistoric province of Gascony that was
taken by the English 1154, recaptured by the
French 1453, inherited by Henry of Navarre,
and reunited with France 1607.