 | |
| Total population | |
| c. 17 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| Occitan (native); French, Italian, Spanish, Catalan (as a result of language shift) | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Protestantism) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Catalans, French, Ligurians |
The Occitans (Occitan: occitans) are a Romance-speaking Mediterranean ethnic group. They come from the historical region of Occitania (southern France, northeastern Spain and northwestern Italy).
Just to clarify: virtually everyone in France speaks French. Some speak another language also. Occitans is one of the traditional other languages.
