Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the largest administrative region in France by area, located in the west and southwest of Metropolitan France. It was created in 2014 from the merger of Aquitaine, Limousin, and Poitou-Charentes in a territorial reform. The region covers 84,035.7 km2 (32,446.4 sq mi), representing more than 1⁄7 of Metropolitan France, and had a population of 6,033,952 in 2020. The new region was formally established on 1 January 2016, following the regional elections in December 2015.