Directory:Midi-Pyrénées
Midi-Pyrénées is one of the twenty-six regions of France. It's capital is Toulouse and it's popuation is 2,755,000. Midi-Pyrénées has no historical or geographical unity. It is one of the regions of France created artificially in the late 20th century to serve as an hinterland and zone of influence for its capital, Toulouse, one of a handful so-called "balancing metropolises" (métropoles d'équilibre)¹. Another example of this is the region of Rhône-Alpes which was created as the region for Lyon.
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