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Aquitania
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Aquitaine
Aquitaine
(; ; ; ; ), archaic
Guyenne
/
Guienne
(
Occitan
:
Guiana
) was a traditional region of France, and was a
administrative region
of France until 1 January 2016. It is now part of the new region
Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
. It is situated in the south-western part of
Metropolitan France
, along the
Atlantic Ocean
and the
Pyrenees
mountain range on the border with
Spain
. It is composed of the five departments of
Dordogne
,
Lot-et-Garonne
,
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
,
Landes
and
Gironde
. In the Middle Ages Aquitaine was a kingdom and a duchy, whose boundaries fluctuated considerably.
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Gallia Aquitania
Gallia Aquitania
(), also known as
Aquitaine
or
Aquitaine Gaul
, was a
province
of the
Roman Empire
. It lies in present-day southwest
France
, where it gives its name to the modern
region
of
Aquitaine
. It was bordered by the provinces of
Gallia Lugdunensis
,
Gallia Narbonensis
, and
Hispania Tarraconensis
.
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