Toulouse
Toulouse (pronoonced Template:IPA-fr in staundart French an Template:IPA-fr wi a Toulouse accent; Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced Template:IPA-oc, primarily Tholoza) is a ceety in 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 1,102,882 inhabitants as of Jan.1 2006,[1] 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.[2] 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 than 97,000 students, is wi Lille the third-lairgest university campus o Fraunce efter Paris an Lyon.[3]
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.
[edit] Internaitional relations
[edit] Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Toulouse is twinned wi:
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Toulouse an aa haes accords o cooperation wi the follaein touns:
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In addition, Toulouse haes an adoption ceety:
Câmpia Turzii, Romanie
[edit] References
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- ↑ Atlas 2005-2006 de l'éducation nationale, [pdf] Consulté le 11/09/2007
