France City  -  Toulouse

With close to 1.1 million inhabitants in 2006, the Toulouse metropolitan area is the second largest in southern France and one of the fastest growing in Europe.

It is the home base of the European aerospace industry, such as Alcatel Alenia Space more >>

 
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Local Attractions - places to visit

• Capitole, housing the Hôtel de Ville and the Théâtre du Capitole (opera house), located on the Place du Capitole

• Donjon du Capitole, housing the tourism office

• Banks of the Garonne

Banks of the Garonne River in Toulouse, France

• Bazacle

 
The striking Architecture of the Houses in Toulouse

• Jardin des Plantes, Grand-Rond, Jardin Royal

• Pont-Neuf

• Hôpital de la Grave, featuring a copper dome

• Château d'eau

• Canal du Midi

• Saint-Pierre bridge

• Wilson Square

• Matabiau train station

• Hôtel du Vieux-Raisin

Religious buildings

• Saint-Sernin basilica

• Notre-Dame du Taur church

• Church of the Jacobins and its cloister

• Saint-Étienne cathedral

• Daurade basilica

• Ursulines tower

• Augustins cloister

Museums

• Musée Georges Labit Museum

• Musée des Augustins Museum

• Museum d'Histoire Naturelle

• Museum of Modern Art, in the former slaughterhouse

• Hôtel d'Assézat (Bemberg Foundation)

• Goethe Institut

• Musée du Vieux Toulouse

• Musée de l'Affiche

• Musée Départemental de la Résistance et de la Déportation

• Musée des Antiques de Toulouse (Musée Saint-Raymond)

• Musée Paul Dupuy (Arts appliqués du Moyen Âge à nos jours)

Recreation - sports, outdoor, leisure    

LA CITE DE L'ESPACE :
What is Space, research, how it works, planetarium
Avenue Jean Gonord, BP 5855 - 31506 Toulouse cedex 5,
Tél. 0820 377 223, fax 05 61 80 74 70
www.cite-espace.com

Access / Local Transportation    

• Train schedules, maps, online reservations and tickets

• Car rental

• Airports include:
  Toulouse Blagnac International Airport, the principal local airport
  Toulouse-Lasbordes

• Local Transportation

  • An extensive bus system

  • A modern metro system.

  • Bicycle-Station Capitole - Square Charles de Gaulle (oppostie the Office du Tourisme) Tél 05 34 300 300 www.movimento.coop. Open daily  8h00 to 19h00 and week-ends 10h00 to 19h00.

Food & Drink     

• Cassoulet,

• Confit d’oie et de canard,

• Foie gras au naturel,

• Saucisse de Toulouse, daube et garbure,

• Salmis de palombe,

• Jambons et saucisses de montagne,

• Truites du torrent,

• Fruits de la vallée de la Garonne et du Tarn,

• Vins de Fronton, de Gaillac et de Villaudric,

• Armagnac

• Violettes de Toulouse.

Culture    

Toulouse, known as the Ville Rose ("Pink City") for its distinctive brick architecture, is host to a rich and diverse culture. more >>

Economy    

The main industries are aeronautics, space, electronics, information technology and biotechnology. Toulouse hosts one of the two main factories of Airbus, the other one being in Hamburg, Germany.

Education    

The University of Toulouse (Université de Toulouse), established in 1230, is located here (now split into three separate universities).

Toulouse is the second largest university campus of France after Paris, with more than 110,000 students attending its three universities (Université Toulouse I, Université de Toulouse - Le Mirail (Toulouse II), Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III)) and its engineering schools (INSA Toulouse, SUPAERO, ENSICA, ENAC, ENSEEIHT, INPT, ...)

Geography    

Toulouse is located on the banks of the Garonne and the Canal du Midi.

Government - Politics    

The major political figure in Toulouse is Dominique Baudis, the charismatic mayor of Toulouse between 1983 more >>

Population    

The population of the city proper was 390,350 (as of the 1999 census) more >>

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