France Attractions Aquitaine

Country Name: French Republic

Capital City: Paris

Population: 60,876,136 (2006)

Population Growth: 0.35% (2006)

Currency: euro (EUR)

Languages: French

Area: 547,030 sq km

Inflation Rate: 1.5% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 8.7% (December 2006)

Domain extension: .fr

FRANCE ATTRACTIONS BY PROVINCE

Aquitaine -Aquitaine Region (Gascon and Occitan: Aquit?nia; Basque: Akitania) (anciently "Guyenne" or "Guienne") now forms a r?gion in south-western France along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. Major cities in Aquitaine include Bordeaux, Pau, Bayonne, Mont-de-Marsan, Biarritz, and P?rigueux.

Aquitaine Main Attraction province

Bordeaux is a port city in the south-west of France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine r?gion, as well as the pr?fecture of the Gironde d?partement. Its inhabitants are called Bordelaiss. Bordeaux is also the name of the wine produced in the region surrounding the city. (Photo:Author: Luidger License GNUfdl)

Pau is a city of southwestern France. Pau was the capital of the former province of B?arn. The site, on a slight elevation overlooking the valley of the mountain river called the Gave de Pau, where it was crossed by a ford, controlled access to an easy passage into the Pyren?es, used annually for the seasonal pasurage of flocks of sheep in the high meadows. Access to the pass partly accounts for Pau's strategic importance. (Photo:Author: Roby License GNUfdl)

P?rigueux is a commune of France. There are Gallic ruins of a city wall, an amphitheater and a temple of a Gallic goddess. Its cathedral St. Front was built after 1120 AD and restored in the 19th century. A luxurious Roman villa, called the Domus of Vesunna, built around a garden courtyard surrounded by a colonnaded peristyle enriched with bold tectonic frescoing, has been handsomely protected in a modern glass-and-steel structure, designed by Jean Nouvel. (Photo:Author: Luidger License GNUfdl)