Editing Languedoc (section)

==Modern administrative divisions==
Between 1956 and 2016, the province of Languedoc was divided between four {{lang|fr|[[List of regions in France|régions]]}}:

* 55.5% of its former territory lay in the {{lang|fr|[[Languedoc-Roussillon]] ''région''|italic=unset}}, capital city {{lang|fr|[[Montpellier]]|italic=no}}, covering the {{lang|fr|[[département in France|départements]]}} of {{lang|fr|[[:Gard]], [[:Hérault]], [[:Aude]], [[:Lozère]]|italic=no}}, and the extreme-north of {{lang|fr|[[Pyrénées-Orientales]]|italic=no}}, which accounted for 86.5% of the territory of {{lang|fr|Languedoc-Roussillon|italic=no}}. The remaining 13.5% is {{lang|fr|[[Roussillon]]|italic=no}} ({{lang|fr|Pyrénées-Orientales|italic=unset}}), a province which was never part of historic Languedoc.
* 24.8% of its former territory lay in the {{lang|fr|[[Midi-Pyrénées]] ''région''|italic=unset}}, capital city {{lang|fr|[[Toulouse]]|italic=no}}, covering the {{lang|fr|département}} of {{lang|fr|[[Tarn (department)|Tarn]]|italic=no}}, as well as the eastern half of {{lang|fr|[[Haute-Garonne]]|italic=no}}, the southeast of {{lang|fr|[[Tarn-et-Garonne]]|italic=no}}, and the northwest and northeast of {{lang|fr|[[Ariège (department)|Ariège]]|italic=no}}, which account for 23.4% of the territory of {{lang|fr|Midi-Pyrénées|italic=no}}. The remaining 76.6% was made of {{lang|fr|[[Quercy]]|italic=no}} and {{lang|fr|[[Rouergue]]|italic=no}} (of which was talked above), as well as the province of [[County of Foix|County of {{lang|fr|Foix|italic=no|nocat=y}}]] (which had been a vassal of the [[history of Toulouse|county of {{lang|fr|Toulouse|italic=no|nocat=y}}]] in the Middle Ages), several small provinces of the [[Pyrenees]] mountains, and a large part of [[Gascony]].
* 13% lay in the {{lang|fr|[[Rhône-Alpes]] ''région''|italic=unset}}, covering the {{lang|fr|département}} of {{lang|fr|[[Ardèche]]|italic=no}}, which accounted for 12.7% of the territory of {{lang|fr|Rhône-Alpes|italic=no}}.
* 6.7% lay in the {{lang|fr|[[Auvergne]] ''région''|italic=unset}}, covering the central and eastern part of the {{lang|fr|département}} of {{lang|fr|[[Haute-Loire]]|italic=no}}, which accounted for 11% of the territory of the modern {{lang|fr|Auvergne ''région''|italic=unset}}.

In 2016, the French regions were reduced in number, with {{lang|fr|Languedoc-Rousillon|italic=no}} and {{lang|fr|Midi-Pyrénées|italic=no}} merging to form {{lang|fr|[[Occitanie (administrative region)|Occitanie]]|italic=no}}, containing over 80% of historic {{lang|fr|Languedoc|italic=no}}, and {{lang|fr|Auvergne|italic=no}} and {{lang|fr|Rhône-Alpes|italic=no}} merging to {{lang|fr|[[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]]|italic=no}}, with just under a fifth of the historic {{lang|fr|région}}.