Occitan State

The Occitan State (French: L'état Occitan ; Occitan : L'estat Occitan), officially known as the Occitan province of Rhône-Alpes and Provence was a satellite state of the 1st French State from 1943 to 1948. After 1948 the Occitan State became an autonomous province in the 1st French State consisting of the land that was not controlled by the Occitan Republic, the land north of the river Rhône in the province Rhône-Alpes. The state was finally disestablished after the Occitan Republic was reintegrated in the 1st French State in 1957 during the 3rd World War and the Occitan Civil War of 1957. After 1957 the former lands of the Occitan State were split into the semi-autonomous regions of Occitanie and Lyon (Provence and Rhône-Alpes).