Toulouse
Toulouse (pronoonced ( listen) in staundart French an ( listen) wi a Toulouse accent; Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced , 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, 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°E 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 |
| • Metro (Jan. 2011) | 1,250,251 |
| 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. 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.
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 relations
Twin touns — Sister ceeties
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
References
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