midipyrenees

The Midi-Pyrénées is an administrative region of France, grouping departments :

- of Ariège (09)  136 500 h
- of Aveyron (12)  270 100 h
- of Haute-Garonne (31) 926 000 h
- of Gers (32)  174 600 h
- of  Lot (46)  155 900 h
- of Hautes Pyrénées (65) 224 800 h
- of Tarn (81)  342 700 h
- of Tarn et Garonne (82) 200 200 h

County seat: Toulouse. 
The Prefecture of region is in Toulouse. 
The surface is 45 348 km². 
The Population is 2 430 800 inhabitants.

TO KNOW

Sports of winter and the thermalism hold a major room. Notably in Ariège, Haute-Garonne and Hautes-Pyrénées. It is the 2èmth woolen region and the 1st center of production of cloths of wool and son carded. 
Motorola regrouped his/her/its activities in the region and opened an unit of built-in circuit production.

Toulouse welcomes Storage-Tek, the world leader of the data data processing storage.

GEOGRAPHY

Midi-Pyrénées are most extended of the French regions. She is bigger than Denmark or the Netherlands. It is also the one of which the disparity between the capital and her hinterland is more the pronounced. 

Toulouse is one of the most dynamic metropolises. She has a lot of influence on the hinterland that remains under populated. Indeed the density is lower of half to the national average. The regional capital regroups indeed close to 45% of uses. She possesses good number of leading industrial and tertiary activities. They are mainly on the initiative public. 
This strong evolution makes stain of oil gradually toward the Gers or the Tarn-and-Garonne. 


As the mountainous territories of the Central Massif and the Pyrenees make poor parent face. 
They have been reached by a demographic crisis since the 17 èmes century. Which has been braked by immigration. They cope today to the traditional industrial activity crisis as coal, leather or the textile. 

Toulouse is in constant growth contrary to the small and averages cities that vegetate. 
One can mention cities of Carmaux, Castres, Figeac, Graulhet, Lavelanet, Mazamet, Pamiers, Saint-Gaudens or Tarascon on Ariège. The Piedmont of the Pyrenees, particularly around Tarbes, made exception, thanks to activities bound to aeronautics. 
Unfortunately the main enterprises achieved restructurings that suppressed uses lately. Whom doesn't find any compensations. 

In spite of the recession, the dynamism of certain industrial poles has permitted the creation of uses. 
It was possible by reason of the implantation of enterprises news. The Catalonia has just gone in in the European Community. It permits an effort of expansion of communication ways. 
But this asset doesn't seem to change data of the South of France-Pyrenees region.