# Talence

Talence (French pronunciation:, locally; Occitan: Talança,; Catalan: Talença) is a commune in the department of Gironde, administrative region of New Aquitaine, France.
It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is adjacent to it on the south side. It is a member of the Bordeaux Métropole.
Talence is the home of Décastar, a prestigious yearly international decathlon event.
In Talence, there are different universities: Bordeaux University, Architecture School of Bordeaux and KEDGE Business School.

## Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1793 | 1,489 | — |
| 1800 | 1,181 | −3.26% |
| 1806 | 1,340 | +2.13% |
| 1821 | 1,194 | −0.77% |
| 1831 | 1,322 | +1.02% |
| 1836 | 1,288 | −0.52% |
| 1841 | 1,232 | −0.89% |
| 1846 | 1,402 | +2.62% |
| 1851 | 1,434 | +0.45% |
| 1856 | 1,693 | +3.38% |
| 1861 | 2,430 | +7.50% |
| 1866 | 2,577 | +1.18% |
| 1872 | 3,604 | +5.75% |
| 1876 | 3,873 | +1.82% |
| 1881 | 4,621 | +3.59% |
| 1886 | 6,642 | +7.53% |
| 1891 | 7,921 | +3.58% |
| 1896 | 9,221 | +3.09% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 11,227 | +4.02% |
| 1906 | 11,832 | +1.06% |
| 1911 | 13,224 | +2.25% |
| 1921 | 15,823 | +1.81% |
| 1926 | 17,130 | +1.60% |
| 1931 | 18,944 | +2.03% |
| 1936 | 20,380 | +1.47% |
| 1946 | 21,650 | +0.61% |
| 1954 | 22,695 | +0.59% |
| 1962 | 25,874 | +1.65% |
| 1968 | 29,161 | +2.01% |
| 1975 | 34,127 | +2.27% |
| 1982 | 34,692 | +0.23% |
| 1990 | 34,485 | −0.07% |
| 1999 | 37,210 | +0.85% |
| 2007 | 40,940 | +1.20% |
| 2012 | 41,358 | +0.20% |
| 2017 | 42,606 | +0.60% |
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## Geography

Talence is situated with Bordeaux to the North, Bègles to the East, Villenave-d'Ornon to the South-East, Gradignan to the South-West, and Pessac to the West.

## Climate

Climate data for Talence (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1959–present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) | 25.0 (77.0) | 28.0 (82.4) | 30.5 (86.9) | 35.0 (95.0) | 39.0 (102.2) | 39.0 (102.2) | 39.5 (103.1) | 36.8 (98.2) | 32.0 (89.6) | 26.0 (78.8) | 22.6 (72.7) | 39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) | 12.1 (53.8) | 15.4 (59.7) | 17.8 (64.0) | 21.8 (71.2) | 25.0 (77.0) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.3 (81.1) | 24.5 (76.1) | 19.9 (67.8) | 13.8 (56.8) | 10.6 (51.1) | 18.9 (66.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) | 7.7 (45.9) | 10.4 (50.7) | 12.5 (54.5) | 16.4 (61.5) | 19.5 (67.1) | 21.7 (71.1) | 21.5 (70.7) | 18.7 (65.7) | 15.0 (59.0) | 9.8 (49.6) | 7.0 (44.6) | 13.9 (57.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) | 3.3 (37.9) | 5.4 (41.7) | 7.2 (45.0) | 11.0 (51.8) | 14.0 (57.2) | 15.9 (60.6) | 15.8 (60.4) | 12.8 (55.0) | 10.2 (50.4) | 5.8 (42.4) | 3.5 (38.3) | 9.0 (48.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.6 (5.7) | −12.0 (10.4) | −6.8 (19.8) | −2.2 (28.0) | 1.1 (34.0) | 5.1 (41.2) | 7.5 (45.5) | 6.0 (42.8) | 4.0 (39.2) | −2.0 (28.4) | −6.5 (20.3) | −11.4 (11.5) | −14.6 (5.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 81.5 (3.21) | 68.8 (2.71) | 63.6 (2.50) | 79.0 (3.11) | 70.1 (2.76) | 57.3 (2.26) | 47.4 (1.87) | 52.6 (2.07) | 75.6 (2.98) | 81.2 (3.20) | 98.0 (3.86) | 98.4 (3.87) | 873.5 (34.39) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.3 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 10.9 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 9.4 | 10.7 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 123.7 |
| Source: Météo France ||||||||||||||

## Sights

* Jardin botanique de Talence

## Personalities

* Romain Brégerie, footballer
* Mireille Bousquet-Mélou, mathematician
* José Bové, radical activist
* Jérôme Cahuzac, politician
* Jules Carvallo, engineer
* Gérald Cid, footballer
* Émile Durkheim, sociologist, lived from 1887 to 1897 in Talence
* Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
* Florian Marange, professional footballer. He plays for the left side defender at SC Bastia
* Thierry Meyssan, writer
* Ed Tourriol, cartoonist

## International relations

Talence is twinned with:
* Trikala, Greece
* Alcalá de Henares, Spain
* Chaves, Portugal