Languedoc
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a former province of France; bounded on the E. by the Rhône, on the S. by the of Foix Mediterranean and the counties and Roussillon, and on the W. by Gascony and Guienne; (now embraced in SIDNEY LANIER the departments of Lozère, Gard Ardè- "The Dove," etc., show insight into naght into nache, Aude, Hérault, Upper Loire, Tarn, ere collected ture. His poetic works were collected published (1884). He wrote also and Upper Garonne); name derived from period of the langue d'oc. During the and wrote also pe" (1880); Roman empire this part of Gaul was. "The Science of English Verse" (1880); "The English Novel and the Principles He edited prosperous and wealthy, a home of enthe Visigoths Principles lightenment. In 412 Toulouse (one of its Development" (1883). "The Boy's Froissart" He edited founded the kingdom of Montor compiled Arthur Froissart" (1878); "The Boy's King " Arthur" of the chief cities of Languedoc, (1880); "The Boy's Percy" (1882). He 7, 1881. pellier being the other), and were only Pepin the Frank. (1882). He overthrown in 759 by part of France died in Lynn, N. C., Sept. 1881. Two centuries later this LANIor (-nī'i-dē), or LANTwas immediately subject to the Count of LANIIDE ADE (-nī'a-dē), a family of thrushbill, which is of thrush- Toulouse, one of the great feudatories of of the religilike perching birds. The tooth ill, which is the kingdom. For the story long, has a deep notch or prominent minent tooth ous wars of the 12th and 13th centuries near the tip of the upper mandible, r mandible. see ALBIGENSES. which is hooked. Swainson divided the divided the
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's called Languedoc "a former province of France" in 1921, surviving only as a name spread across departments from Lozère to Haute-Garonne — and that is still its legal status, but the label has since been revived and retired again. A Languedoc-Roussillon region was created as an administrative unit in the 1970s and given elected councils in 1982, with Montpellier as its capital; in January 2016 it was merged with Midi-Pyrénées to form the much larger region of Occitanie, governed from Toulouse. The langue d'oc from which the province took its name has meanwhile become a minority speech rather than a daily one, though Occitan is now taught in bilingual schools and appears on road signs. The area's other modern fame is agricultural: it is the largest vineyard zone in France, and its Canal du Midi and the walled city of Carcassonne became UNESCO World Heritage sites in 1996 and 1997.
Written for this edition, 2026.