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Colomiers (French pronunciation: ​[kɔlɔmje]; Occitan: Colomèrs) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is the largest suburb of the city of Toulouse, and is adjacent to it on the west side. It is a member of the Toulouse Métropole.

Colomiers Colomèrs (Occitan)
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Colomiers
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Coordinates: 43°36′50″N 1°20′12″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Toulouse
Canton	Toulouse-7
Intercommunality	Toulouse Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Karine Traval-Michelet
Area 1	20.83 km2 (8.04 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	39,968
• Density	1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31149 /31770
Elevation	145–191 m (476–627 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,080 —     1800 1,155 +0.96% 1806 1,227 +1.01% 1821 1,247 +0.11% 1831 1,149 −0.82% 1836 1,338 +3.09% 1841 1,325 −0.20% 1846 1,456 +1.90% 1851 1,456 +0.00% 1856 1,414 −0.58% 1861 1,576 +2.19% 1866 1,634 +0.73% 1872 1,716 +0.82% 1876 1,712 −0.06% 1881 1,710 −0.02% 1886 1,716 +0.07% 1891 1,623 −1.11% 1896 1,689 +0.80% 1901 1,720 +0.36%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 1,732 +0.14% 1911 1,829 +1.10% 1921 1,556 −1.60% 1926 1,640 +1.06% 1931 1,821 +2.12% 1936 1,860 +0.42% 1946 2,122 +1.33% 1954 3,195 +5.25% 1962 4,607 +4.68% 1968 10,584 +14.87% 1975 20,126 +9.62% 1982 23,326 +2.13% 1990 26,979 +1.84% 1999 28,538 +0.63% 2007 32,315 +1.57% 2012 36,699 +2.58% 2017 38,951 +1.20% 2019 39,968 +1.30%
Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (1968-2017)[3]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Columérins or Columérines.

Transportation

In 1971 it became the first area of France to offer zero-fare public transport, but had to cancel this project in 2016.[4]

Education

There are nine public preschools (maternelles) and six public elementary schools.[5] There are four public junior high schools (collèges): Léon Blum, Victor Hugo, Jean Jaurès, and Voltaire. There are two public senior high schools, Lycée International Victor Hugo and Lycée des Métiers de l'électrotechnique, de la maintenance et Chaudronnerie Eugène-Montel.[6]

There is an international school in Colomiers (International School of Toulouse or IST) which is run by Airbus and which prepares for the International Baccalaureate, and, within the international lycée, a German school (Deutsche Schule Toulouse, DST). English 31, supported by Airbus, provides English-language tuition.

There is also a private preschool, elementary and middle school, Institution « Sainte-Thérèse ».[5]

Sport

US Colomiers is a French rugby union club based in Colomiers.

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department

References

External links

• Official website (in French)

На других языках

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[de] Colomiers

Colomiers (okzitanisch: Colomèrs) ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 39.968 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Haute-Garonne in der Region Okzitanien; sie gehört zum Arrondissement Toulouse und zum Kanton Toulouse-7. Colomiers ist (nach Toulouse) die zweitgrößte Stadt des Départements. Das Gemeindegebiet wird vom Fluss Aussonnelle durchquert.

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- [en] Colomiers

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[ru] Коломье (Франция)

Коломье́ (фр. Colomiers, окс. Colomièrs) — коммуна во Франции, находится в регионе Юг — Пиренеи. Департамент — Верхняя Гаронна. Входит в состав кантона Тулуза-13. Округ коммуны — Тулуза.

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