Toulouse
Toulouse (pronoonced [tuluz] ( listen) in staundart French an [tuˈluzə] (
listen) wi a Toulouse accent; Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced [tuˈluzɔ], primarily Tholoza) is a ceety in soothwast Fraunce on the banks o the River Garonne, 590 km (366 mi) away frae Paris an hauf-way atween the Atlantic Ocean an the Mediterranean Sea. Wi 1,250,251 inhabitants as of Januar 2011,[3] the Toulouse metropolitan aurie is the fowert-lairgest in Fraunce, efter Paris (12 million), Lyon (1.8 million), an Marseille (1.7 million).
Toulouse Tolosa | ||
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Motto(s): Per Tolosa totjorn mai. (Occitan for "For Toulouse, always more") | ||
Coordinates: 43°36′16″N 1°26′38″E / 43.6045°N 1.444°ECoordinates: 43°36′16″N 1°26′38″E / 43.6045°N 1.444°E | ||
Kintra | Fraunce | |
Region | Occitanie | |
Depairtment | Haute-Garonne | |
Arrondissement | Toulouse | |
Intercommunality | Grand Toulouse | |
Govrenment | ||
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Pierre Cohen (PS) | |
Area1 | 118.3 km2 (45.7 sq mi) | |
• Urban (2010) | 811.60 km2 (313.36 sq mi) | |
• Metro (2010) | 5,381.49 km2 (2,077.80 sq mi) | |
Population (Jan. 2012[1])2 | 461,190 | |
• Rank | 4t in Fraunce | |
• Density | 3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi) | |
• Urban (Jan. 2011) | 892,115[2] | |
• Metro (Jan. 2011) | 1,250,251[3] | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Simmer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 31555 / | |
Wabsteid | http://www.toulouse.fr/ | |
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. |
Toulouse is ane o the bases o the European aerospace industry, wi the heidquarters o Airbus, Galileo positionin seestem, the SPOT satellite seestem, an CNES's Toulouse Space Centre (CST), the lairgest space centre in Europe.[4] Thales Alenia Space, Europe's lairgest satellite manufacturer, an Astrium Satellites, EADS's satellite seestem subsidiary, an aa hae a significant presence in Toulouse. Its warld renowned university is ane o the auldest in Europe (foondit in 1229) an, wi mair than 97,000 students, is wi Lille the third-lairgest university campus o Fraunce efter Paris an Lyon.[5]
Toulouse wis the caipital o the umwhile province o Languedoc (provinces wur abolished durin the French Revolution). It is nou the Chef-lieu o the Midi-Pyrénées region, the lairgest region in metropolitan Fraunce. It is an' a' the Chef-lieu o the Haute-Garonne depairtment.
Internaitional relationsEedit
Twin touns — Sister ceetiesEedit
Toulouse is twinned wi:
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Toulouse an aa haes accords o cooperation wi the follaein touns:
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In addition, Toulouse haes an adoption ceety:
- Câmpia Turzii, Romanie
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ "Insee - Populations légales 2012 - 31555-Toulouse". INSEE. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ↑ "Séries historiques des résultats du recensement - Unité urbaine 2010 de Toulouse (31701)". INSEE. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Séries historiques des résultats du recensement - Aire urbaine 2010 de Toulouse (004)". INSEE. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ (in French) CNES. "Ademe.fr" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-05-30.
- ↑ Atlas 2005-2006 de l'éducation nationale, [pdf] Consulté le 11/09/2007
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