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 Occitanie, 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,[2] 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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 Hôpital de La Grave, Ariane 5 (Cité de l'espace), Basilica o Saint-Sernin, Place du Capitole, the verra first Airbus A380, Musée des Augustins | |
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| Motto(s): Per Tolosa totjorn mai. (Occitan for "For Toulouse, always more") | |
  Toulouse Location within Occitanie region  Toulouse | |
| 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) |
| Area 1 | 118.3 km2 (45.7 sq mi) |
| • Urban (2010) | 811.60 km2 (313.36 sq mi) |
| • Metro (2010) | 5381.49 km2 (2,077.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2016-01-01)2 | 482,738 |
| • Rank | 4t in Fraunce |
| • Density | 4,100/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban (Jan. 2011) | 892,115[1] |
| • Metro (Jan. 2011) | 1,250,251[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 31555 / |
| Website | 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.[3] 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 nor 97,000 students, is wi Lille the third-lairgest university campus o Fraunce efter Paris an Lyon.[4]
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
- ↑ "Séries historiques des résultats du recensement - Unité urbaine 2010 de Toulouse (31701)". INSEE. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ a b "Séries historiques des résultats du recensement - Aire urbaine 2010 de Toulouse (004)". INSEE. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ (in French) CNES. "Ademe.fr" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 29 Juin 2007. Retrieved 30 Mey 2007.
- ↑ Atlas 2005-2006 de l'éducation nationale[deid airtin], [pdf] Consulté le 11/09/2007
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