Pessac

Pessac is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a member of the metropolis of Bordeaux, being the second-largest suburb of Bordeaux and located just southwest of it. Pessac is also home to Bordeaux Montaigne University and the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux.
Geography
Pessac is located in the south of the Bordeaux metro area and is surrounded by Bordeaux, Talence, Gradignan, Canéjan, Cestas, Saint-Jean-d'Illac and Mérignac.
The western part of the commune is part of the Landes de Bordeaux.
History
Early in World War II (June 22, 1940), the town was the scene of a quadruple execution on the firing range of Verthamon. Four communists militants, one of whom, Roger Rambaud, was not yet 17, were among the escapees from the military prison in Paris, were killed in the utmost secrecy by soldiers of the Third Republic. This case, classified "Secret Defense" for 70 years, has recently been revealed by the historian Jacky Tronel in the history magazine Arkheia.
Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods of Pessac :
Verthamon
Les échoppes
Brivazac - Candau
Noës
Pessac-bourg
Casino
Sardine
Chiquet
Compostelle - La Paillère
Le Monteil
CCLAPS - La Chataigneraie
Saige - Formanoir
3 M (Macédo, Mirante, Monbalon)
France - L'Alouette
Cap de Bos
Magonty - Romainville
Toctoucau
Heritage
Wineries
Located on the Pessac-Léognan appellation, there are several wineries, including the oldest of the Bordeaux wine regions, château Haut-Brion.
Cité Frugès
Built by Le Corbusier in 1926, the district is an experimental housing for workers. This is one of the 17 architectural works of Le Corbusier listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2016.
Casino district
Quarter built in the 1900s with a resort city architecture.
Others
Population
Education
9 Kindergartens
15 Grade schools
5 Middle schools
Collège Alouette
Collège François Mitterrand (Ladonne)
Collège Gérard Philipe
Collège Pessac (Noès)
Collège Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc Assomption
3 High schools
: financed by the French government and the Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux (CUB), this school, presented as the high school of the year 2000, was inaugurated on 9 July 1987 by Jacques Chirac, then Prime Minister. Its initial capacity was 1,100 students including 900 "demi-pensionnaires". It was expanded in 1990 and now holds 1,260 students.
Lycée Sans Frontière
Lycée professionnel Philadelphe de Gerde
Transportation
Pessac has a railway station on the westbound line from Bordeaux, Gare de Pessac. Pessac is also served by the urban transport network of the Bordeaux agglomeration, Transports Bordeaux Métropole (TBM).
Pessac is located on line B of the Tramway de Bordeaux.
Personalities
1929: Yvette Roudy, socialist minister
1938: Jean Eustache, film actor and director (d. 1981)
1953: Patrice Brun (historian)
1971: Thierry Poulain-Rehm, university
1979: , handball player
1980: (18 August) , matador
Twin towns - sister cities
Pessac is twinned with:
Banfora, Burkina Faso
Burgos, Spain
Galați, Romania
Göppingen, Germany
Viana do Castelo, Portugal
See also
Château Haut-Brion
Pessac-Léognan, wine appellation
Communes of the Gironde department
Operation Josephine B, a 1941 attack on an electricity substation.
References
External links
Official website
Communes of Gironde