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Toulouse

Administration
Full nameToulouse
City mottoPer Tolosa totjorn mai.
(Occitan for "For Toulouse, always more")
CountryFrance
RegionMidi-Pyr�n�es
DepartmentHaute-Garonne
ArrondissementToulouse
Cantonchief town of 15 cantons
MayorPierre Cohen (PS) (since 2008)
Statistics
Land Area45.7 sq mi (118.3 km2)
Total Population437715 (4th in France) (1 January 2006)
- Density9583/sq mi (3700/km2)
Urban Area311.9 sq mi (808 km2)
-- Population850,873 (1 January 2006)
Metro Area1549.8 sq mi (4015 km2)
Time zoneCET (GMT +1)
INSEE31555

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Toulouse (pronounced -frtuluzFr-Toulouse.ogg in standard French and -frtuˈluzəFr-Toulouse-Accent.ogg with a Toulouse accent; Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced -octuˈluzɔ, primarily Tholoza) is a city in southwest France on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km (366 mi) away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. With 1,102,882 inhabitants as of Jan.1 2006, the Toulouse metropolitan area is the fourth-largest in France, after Paris (12 million), Lyon (1.8 million), Marseille (1.7 million).

Toulouse is one of the bases of the European aerospace industry, with the headquarters of Airbus, Galileo positioning system, the SPOT satellite system, and CNES's Toulouse Space Centre (CST), the largest space centre in Europe. Thales Alenia Space, Europe's largest satellite manufacturer, and Astrium Satellites, EADS's satellite system subsidiary, also have a significant presence in Toulouse. Its world renowned university is one of the oldest in Europe (founded in 1229) and, with more than 97,000 students, is with Lille the third-largest university campus of France after Paris and Lyon.

Toulouse was the capital of the former province of Languedoc (provinces were abolished during the French Revolution). It is now the Chef-lieu of the Midi-Pyrénées region, the largest region in metropolitan France. It is also the Chef-lieu of the Haute-Garonne department.

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A very bad match - Novès - Planet Rugby Tweet this news
Planet Rugby---Toulouse- may have qualified for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals but coach Guy Novès was far from happy with their performance against the Dragons. ... - Date : Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:44:59 GMT+00:00
Serge Betsen: London Wasps can 'definitely' beat Toulouse in Heineken Cup - Telegraph.co.uk Tweet this news
Telegraph.co.uk--French flanker Serge Betsen has insisted that London Wasps can defy the odds by beating Heineken Cup champions -Toulouse-, a victory which would give them an ... - Date : Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:39:53 GMT+00:00
Leinster Claims Heineken Cup Quarterfinal Place; Toulouse Stays Perfect - Bloomberg Tweet this news
Bloomberg--Leinster claimed a place in the quarterfinals of rugby union's Heineken Cup, as defending champion -Toulouse- ... - Date : Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:12:35 GMT+00:00
Virgin America orders new Airbus A320neo - Reuters Tweet this news
Reuters---TOULOUSE-, France (Reuters) - Virgin America unveiled a $5 billion plane order with Airbus on Monday that included the 10000th aircraft to be sold in the ... - Date : Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:01:34 GMT+00:00
Smith undaunted by Toulouse trip - South Wales Argus Tweet this news
South Wales Argus--NEWPORT Gwent Dragons may be massive underdogs when they face holders and four-time winners -Toulouse- in tomorrow's mouth-watering Heineken ... - Date : Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:31:57 GMT+00:00
Toulouse - a perfect 10 - European Rugby Cup Tweet this news
European Rugby Cup--By Westgate Guy Noves has seen and done almost everything possible in the Heineken Cup, but even he and his four-times champion club -Toulouse- are within ... - Date : Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:53:34 GMT+00:00
Study: Prozac May Help Restore Movement After Stroke Paralysis - AOL Health Tweet this news
AOL Health--A study from -Toulouse- University Hospital, published in The Lancet Neurology journal, found that stroke patients who were given Prozac, ... - Date : Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:57:22 GMT+00:00
Toulouse v Dragons (Sat) - BBC Sport Tweet this news
BBC Sport--Dan Lydiate is a doubt for the Dragons' Heineken Cup trip to French giants and reigning European champions -Toulouse- on Saturday. ... - Date : Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:42:36 GMT+00:00
Fluoxetine Could Improve Motor Recovery After Ischaemic Stroke - Medical News Today Tweet this news
Medical News Today--Professor François Chollet, University Hospital of -Toulouse- and INSERM, -Toulouse-, France. Dr Robert Robinson, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA.--- - Date : Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:10:21 GMT+00:00
Nothing to lose in Toulouse - Sidoli - South Wales Argus Tweet this news
South Wales Argus--NEWPORT Gwent Dragons step into one of the hotbeds of European rugby on Saturday when they face Heineken Cup kings -Toulouse- at Stade Ernest ... - Date : Sun, 09 Jan 2011 19:58:56 GMT+00:00

Historical Population
Urban Area Metropolitan
Area
1695 43,000
1750 48,000
1790 52,863
1801 50,171
1831 59,630
1851 95,277
1872 126,936
1911 149,000
1936 213,220
1946 264,411
1954 268,865
1962 329,044
1968 439,764 474,000
1975 509,939 585,000
1982 541,271 645,000
1990 650,336 797,373
1999 761,090 964,797
2006 850,873 1,102,882
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