Aquitaine (fra)

Aquitaine

Aquitaine ranks 9,121st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Boa Vista, Roraima, Bansko, and Ramla. Memorable people born in Aquitaine include Prosper of Aquitaine, and Fulbert of Chartres. Memorable people who died in Aquitaine include Waiofar. Aquitaine has been the birth place of many writers, and philosophers and the death place of many politicians. Aquitaine is located in France.

Aquitaine, archaic Guyenne or Guienne, is a historical region of Southwestern France and a former administrative region. Since 1 January 2016 it has been part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is situated in the southwest corner of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain; for most of its written history Bordeaux has been a vital port and administrative centre. It is composed of the five departments of Dordogne, Lot-et-Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes and Gironde. Gallia Aquitania was established by the Romans in ancient times and in the Middle Ages, Aquitaine was a kingdom and a duchy, whose boundaries fluctuated considerably. Read more on Wikipedia