Editing Languedoc (section)

===Capital===
As the center of the [[History of Toulouse|County of Toulouse]] and the [[Parlement of Toulouse|regional ''parlement'']], [[Toulouse]] is often considered the "capital" of Languedoc. On maps (both ancient and modern) showing the provinces (i.e., ''gouvernements'') of France in 1789, it is always marked as such. However, the intricate entanglement of administrations and jurisdictions permitted [[Montpellier]] to also claim that distinction. In the 18th century, the monarchy clearly favored Montpellier, a city much smaller than Toulouse, with less history, and with fewer autonomous local authorities such as Toulouse's ''parlement'' and [[capitoulate]].