Gascony (Concert of Europe)

Gascony (French: Gascogne, Breton: Gasconha) is a country of. It is located in the southwestern corner of metropolitan France, and it borders with to its east,  to its southeast,  and to its south, the  to its west,,  and  to its north, and  to its northeast. Like many other parts of France, it was once an independent duchy; its vast territory is characterized by the hills that come gently rolling down the Pyrenees, by thick woodlands, and long beaches along the Atlantic shore.

A predominantly rural and wooded region, its economy is dependant on forestry, agriculture, stock raising, and fishing: industrialized regions are few and limited to large urban centres. It is the homeland of the Gascon language also spoken in neighboring Béarn, a variety of Occitan: thus Gascony is part of the Occitania cultural region.