In France, rugby union is widely played and has a strong tradition in the Basque, Occitan, and Catalan people areas along the border regions between Spain and France.
In the northern regions of Occitania:Auvergne, is found the (generally) bellows blown cabreta, and in Limousin the mouth blown chabreta.
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One of the most important is the Conservatoire Occitan, located in the city of Toulouse (Occitania), but there are also important schools in Limoges, Aurillac, Belin, Mazamet, and other towns.
The term "Provence" in Jewish tradition is not limited to today's administrative region of Provence but refers to the whole of Occitania.
Even though the latter three normally give part, fug and mòr at the third person singular of present indicative, in a number of parts of Occitania they will also be declined using the -iss- augment, thus giving partís, fugís and morís.
Founded on a treaty of 1113 between the Republic of Pisa and Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, the expedition had the support of Pope Paschal II and the participation of many lords of Catalonia and Occitania, as well as contingents from northern and central Italy, Sardinia, and Corsica.
On 3 June 2003 Lassalle stood up in the National Assembly during questions to Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy and sang the Occitan anthem Se Canto in protest at an announcement by Sarkozy concerning the housing of 23 gendarmes tasked with guarding the Somport tunnel, which links France with Spain through the Pyrenees.
Mans de Breish (born as Gérard Pourhomme on January 29, 1949) is an Occitan singer from Carcassonne, Occitania.
Their next match was against Occitania, a 6–2 defeat, and the team finished in third position in Group A.