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Toulouse
	Toulouse; Tolosa
	Motto: Per Tolosa totjorn mai.; (Occitan for "For Toulouse, always more")
	Toulouse
Administration
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Toulouse
Intercommunality	Grand Toulouse
Mayor	Pierre Cohen (PS); (2008–2014)
Statistics
Land area1	118.3 km2 (45.7 sq mi)
Population2	440,204 (2009)
- Ranking	4th in France
- Density	3,721/km2 (9,640/sq mi)
Urban area	808 km2 (312 sq mi) (1999)
- Population	850,873 (1 January 2006)
Metro area	4,015 km2 (1,550 sq mi) (1999)
- Population	1,102,882 (1 January 2006)
Website	http://www.toulouse.fr/
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
	2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Toulouse is a city in the southwest of France. About 450,000 people live there (1,300,000 in the metropolitan area). It is nicknamed the Pink City because the brick homes turns pink with the sunset. It is a beautiful place to live and go to. It is the 4th city for universities in France. They have many students that come from all over the world.

Climate

Toulouse has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa in the Koeppen climate classification). It has hot summers and cool winters with moderate rainfall year-round.

Education

Notable births and deaths in Toulouse

Bernard Werber, writer
Louis-Georges-Gustave de Caunes, journalist
Jean de Coras (1515–1572), judge and humanist
Lucas Puig, professional skateboarder
Antony Rea, mixed martial artist
Pierre de Fermat, lawyer and mathematician
Carlos Gardel, singer, composer
Christine Albanel, politician
Philippe Mexès, footballer
David Skrela, French rugby union player.
Fabien Pelous, rugby player
Frédéric Michalak, rugby player
Patrice Carmouze, journalist
Anne Munaretto, lacrosse player
Jean-Louis Debré, politician
Laetitia Barlerin, veterinarian
Claude Nougaro, parolier, writer and singer, passionate about jazz and language
Solène Jambaqué, alpine skier with hemiplegia, multi-medal winner at the Winter Paralympic Games
Pierre Seel, persecuted homosexual during the Holocaust
Marine Delterme, actress
Laurent Wolf, DJ
Gael Clichy, footballer

Events

Salon du livre aéronautique

Sister cities

Toulouse is twinned with:

Atlanta, United States

Bologna, Italy

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Chongqing, China

Elx/Elche, Spain

Kiev, Ukraine

Tel Aviv, Israel

Rosario, Argentina

Toulouse also has accords of cooperation with the following towns:

Bydgoszcz, Poland

Düsseldorf, Germany

Hanoi, Vietnam

N'Djamena, Chad

Saint-Louis, Senegal

São José dos Campos, Brazil

Zaragoza, Spain

In addition, Toulouse has an adoption city:

Câmpia Turzii, Romania

Related pages

Toulouse F.C.
Stade Toulousain

Images

Vomitorium at the Roman amphitheatre in Toulouse
Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse was a leader of the First Crusade
The Capitole de Toulouse is an example of the 18th-century architectural projects in the city.
The Capitole of Toulouse, and the square of the same name with the Occitan cross designed by Raymond Moretti on the ground
The fountain in Wilson Square (Place du Président Thomas Wilson) shows the poet Pèire Godolin
Toulouse Cathedral
The main Airbus factory in Blagnac, near Toulouse, lies next to Toulouse Airport
A typical "Pink City" street
Line A of the Toulouse Metro.
Musée des Augustins
Carta Occitania.pdf

Tolosa, Occitania's capital, in occitan
Toulouse Olympique playing rugby league against Gateshead Thunder (June 2009)
Bust of mathematician Pierre de Fermat in the Capitole de Toulouse
Saint Sernin's tower bell (11-13th c.)
Saint Sernin basilica (11-13th c.)
Jacobins' cloister (13th c.)
Jacobins' palm tree (13th c.)
Saint Etienne cathedral (12-16th c.)
Virebent terracotta façade (19th c.)
Terracota façade (19th c.)
The Capitol - townhouse (18th c.)
Serta's tower (15-16th c.)
University's portal (16th c.)
Hôtel de Bernuy (16th c.)
Hôtel du Vieux Raisin (16th c.)
Hôtel Comère (17th c.)
Hôtel-Dieu (12-19th c.)
La Grave (12-18th c.)
Pont neuf (16-17th c.)
Augustine's convent (14th c.)
Augustine's cloister (14th c.)
Capitol square (19th c.)
13th century's house
Taur church (14th c.)
Concert hall (19th c.)
Banks of the Garonne river

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