Toulouse

Toulouse (pronoonced  in staundart French an  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 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.Atlas 2005-2006 de l'éducation nationale, [pdf] Consulté le 11/09/2007

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:

  Atlanta, Georgie, Unitit States
  Bologna, Italy
  Bristol, Ingland, Unitit Kinrick
  Chongqing, Cheenae

  Elche, Spain
  Kiev, Ukraine
  Tel Aviv, Israel
  Rosario, Argentina

Toulouse an aa haes accords o cooperation wi the follaein touns:

  Bydgoszcz, Poland
  Düsseldorf, Germany
  Hanoi, Vietnam
  N'Djamena, Chad

  Saint-Louis, Senegal
  São José dos Campos, Brazil
  Zaragoza, Spain

In addition, Toulouse haes an adoption ceety:
 Câmpia Turzii, Romanie

 References 


Category:Ceeties in Fraunce
Category:Communes o Haute-Garonne