Southern France (or the South of France), colloquially known as le Midi[1][2] is a loosely defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Gironde Gironde is a common name for the Gironde Estuary, where the mouths of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers merge, and for a department in the Aquitaine region situated in southwest France, Spain, the Mediterranean, Italy, and Switzerland south of the Jura Mountains The Jura Mountains are a small mountain range located north of the Alps, separating the Rhine and Rhone rivers and forming part of the watershed of each. The mountain range sensu Johann Gottfried Ebel is located in France, Switzerland, and Germany. The name “Jura” is derived from the Celtic root "jor" which was latinised into ". Le Midi includes[3]
- Aquitaine Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne (Occitan: Guiana), is one of the 26 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, Lot et Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes and Gironde. In the Middle Ages
- Midi-Pyrénées Midi-Pyrénées (French: [midi piʁene] ; Occitan: Miègjorn-Pirenèus or Mieidia-Pirenèus) is the largest region of metropolitan France by area, larger than the Netherlands or Denmark
- Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 26 regions of France. It comprises five departments, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur or PACA is one of the 22 regions of France
- Corsica Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia
- Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes (French pronunciation: [ʁon.alp] ; Arpitan: Rôno-Arpes; Occitan: Ròse Aups) is one of the 26 regions of France, located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the Rhône River and the Alps mountain range. Its capital, Lyon, is the second-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris
This area corresponds in large part to Occitania Occitania , is an unofficial term sometimes used for the region in southern Europe where Occitan was historically the main language spoken, and where it is sometimes still used, for the most part as a second language. This cultural area roughly encompasses the southern half of France, as well as Monaco and parts of Italy (Occitan Valleys) and; that to say, the territory in which Occitan Occitan is a Romance language spoken in Occitania, that is, Southern France, the Occitan Valleys of Italy, Monaco and in the Aran Valley of Spain. It is also spoken in the linguistic enclave of Guardia Piemontese . It is a co-official language in Catalonia, Spain (known as Aranese in Aran Valley). Modern Occitan is the closest relative of Catalan (French French is a Romance language spoken as a first language by about 136 million people worldwide. Around 190 million people speak French as a second language, and an additional 200 million speak it as an acquired foreign language. French speaking communities are present in 57 countries and territories. Most native speakers of the language live in: langue d'oc)—as distinct from the langues d'oïl The langues d'oïl are a group of languages or dialects including standard French and its closest autochthonous relatives, which are spoken in the northern half of France, southern Belgium, and the Channel Islands. They belong to the larger Gallo-Romance group of languages, which also covers most of southern France (Occitania), northern Italy and of northern France—was historically the dominant language.
The name le Midi derives from mi (middle) and di (day) in Old French Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in territories that span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from the 9th century to the 14th century. It is a direct descendent of Old Gallo-Romance. It was then known as the langue d'oïl to distinguish it from the langue d'oc (Occitan language,; compare Mezzogiorno Southern Italy or the Mezzogiorno (Midday) generally refers to the southern portion of the continental Italian Peninsula and Sicily, historically forming the Kingdom of Two Sicilies plus the island of Sardinia. It encompasses the modern regions of Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, Apulia and Molise, which lie in Italy's south, and Abruzzo which is, the south of Italy. Midday was synonymous with the direction of south because in France the sun is in the south at noon, as in all of the Northern Hemisphere The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of equator—the word hemisphere literally means 'half sphere'. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator. Earth's northern hemisphere contains most of its land area and most of its human population. The synonymy Synonyms are different words with identical or very similar meanings. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy. The word comes from Ancient Greek syn ("with") and onoma (ὄνομα) ("name"). The words car and automobile are synonyms. Similarly, if we talk about a existed in Middle French Middle French is an historical division of the French language which covers the period from (roughly) 1340 to 1611. It is a period of transition during which: as well, where meridien means both "midday" and "south."
Films set in the South of France
- To Catch a Thief (1955)
- French Connection II (1975)
- Jean de Florette Jean de Florette is a 1986 French historical drama film directed by Claude Berri, based on a novel by Marcel Pagnol. It is part of a duology, and is followed by Manon des Sources. The film takes place in rural Provence, where two local farmers scheme to trick a newcomer out of his newly inherited property. The movie starred three of France's most (1986)
- Manon of the Spring (1986)
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
- Happiness Is in the Field (1995)
- Chocolat Chocolat is a 2000 romance film based on the novel of the same name by Joanne Harris, and was directed by Lasse Hallström. Adapted by screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs, Chocolat tells the story of a young mother, played by Juliette Binoche, who arrives at the fictional, repressed French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes with her six-year-old (2000)
- Swimming Pool (2003)
- Mr Bean's Holiday
- Le Grand Voyage (2004)
- Priceless (2006)
- The Grocer's Son The Grocer's Son is a dramatic film set in Provence, France, directed by experienced French documentarian Éric Guirado. The film was presented as part of the 2007 Namur Francophone Film Festival (2007)
References
- ^ Lyons, Declan (18 February 2009). Cycling guide to the Canal du Midi, Languedoc, France, Europe. Midpoint Trade Books. ISBN The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering (SBN) code created by Gordon Foster, now Emeritus Professor of Statistics at Trinity College, Dublin, for the booksellers and stationers W.H. Smith and others in 1966 978-1852845599.
- ^ Passy, Paul (1904). International French-English and English-French dictionary. Hinds, Noble & Eldredge. http://books.google.com/books?id=yKBiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA388&lpg=PA388&dq=Le+Midi+mi+middle+and+di+day&source=bl&ots=ZPeHLqzY0O&sig=K16UDycphGigtJnYQb5sOwjZ10U&hl=en&ei=lhZzSsrSKor8MKPQhLEM&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#v=onepage&f=false.
- ^ "The Regions of France - Midi (from the Pyrenees to the Riviera)". about-france.com. http://about-france.com/regions.htm#6. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- Wise, Hilary (1997). The Vocabulary of Modern French: Origins, Structure and Function. Routledge Routledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge, who issued his first published book under contracted licence in 1836. He later founded a publishing company in partnership in 1851. ISBN The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering (SBN) code created by Gordon Foster, now Emeritus Professor of Statistics at Trinity College, Dublin, for the booksellers and stationers W.H. Smith and others in 1966 0415117399. http://books.google.com/books?id=uBHnmdafnjUC&dq=The+Vocabulary+of+Modern+French:+Origins,+Structure+and+Function&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=NaKQWMxk0t&sig=SE3awmXIpHJZFrZPSyV4LsGsEgw&hl=en&ei=Ihm0SsvhNMOU4gaD7JF9&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&f=false.
See also
- France France (pronounced /ˈfrænts/ frantss or /ˈfrɑːnts/ frahnts; French pronunciation (help·info): [fʁɑ̃s]), officially the French Republic (French: République française, pronounced: [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a state in Western Europe with several of its overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian,
- Northern Basque Country The French Basque Country or Northern Basque Country constitutes the North-Eastern part of the Basque Country and the Western part of the French department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. With 2,869 km²., it is delimited in the north by the department of Landes, in the west by the Bay of Biscay, in the south by the southern Basque Country and in
- Northern Catalonia Northern Catalonia is a term which is sometimes used, particularly in Catalan writings, to refer to the territory ceded to France by Spain through the signing of the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659. The equivalent term in French, Catalogne du Nord, is only rarely used: the term Roussillon (in reference to the pre-Revolutionary province) is usually
- Occitania Occitania , is an unofficial term sometimes used for the region in southern Europe where Occitan was historically the main language spoken, and where it is sometimes still used, for the most part as a second language. This cultural area roughly encompasses the southern half of France, as well as Monaco and parts of Italy (Occitan Valleys) and
- Vichy France Vichy France, Vichy regime, or Vichy government, are common terms used to describe the government of France from July 1940 to August 1944. This government succeeded the Third Republic and preceded the Provisional Government of the French Republic. The government officially called itself the French State , in contrast with the previous designation,
- Southern Europe The term Southern Europe, at its most general definition, is used to mean "all countries in the south of Europe". However, the concept, at different times, has had different meanings, providing additional political, linguistic and cultural context to the definition in addition to the typical geographical, phytogeographic or climatic
- Mezzogiorno Southern Italy or the Mezzogiorno (Midday) generally refers to the southern portion of the continental Italian Peninsula and Sicily, historically forming the Kingdom of Two Sicilies plus the island of Sardinia. It encompasses the modern regions of Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, Apulia and Molise, which lie in Italy's south, and Abruzzo which is (name for Southern Italy Southern Italy or the Mezzogiorno (Midday) generally refers to the southern portion of the continental Italian peninsula and Sicily, historically forming the Kingdom of Two Sicilies plus the island of Sardinia. It encompasses the modern regions of Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, Apulia and Molise, which lie in Italy's south, and Abruzzo which is with the same etymology)
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Q. I always thought they would be quite similar, thanks to the proximity, but of friend told me that only southern France had a mediterranean climate and mediterranean shores. Is it enough to make it a very different place from, say, Munich?
Asked by NAUTIS - Tue Oct 30 03:17:46 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Hi Bobby, these are indeed 2 different regions, Munich and this part of southern germany is sourrounded by mountains and inside these mountain range beautiful lakes. You have winter and summer seasons and it can be pretty cold, especially during winter season, it can be hot in summer and the people of Munich enjoy skiing in wintertime in the nearby alpine region. Munich is a typically german bigtown, it's famous for its greenery and wonderful beergardens, here the most difference to southern france, people in Munich are dedicated beerdrinkers as the town is famous for its variety of beer brewing facilities. The south of france is really mediterranean all year arround thanks to its promximity to the mediterranean sea, you'll find small… [cont.]
Answered by Mag R - Tue Oct 30 03:43:47 2007
