Pessac
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Flag of Pessac Flag | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Gironde |
Arrondissement | Bordeaux |
Canton | Pessac 1 Pessac 2 |
Intercommunality | Bordeaux |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Jacques Benoît |
Area 1 | 38.82 km2 (14.99 sq mi) |
Population (2008) | 57,632 |
• Density | 1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 33318 /33600 |
Elevation | 12–56 m (39–184 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Pessac (Template:Lang-oc) is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.
It is the second-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux and is adjacent to it on the southwest. It is a member of the metropolitan Urban Community of Bordeaux. Pessac is also home to the Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, the Université Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux III, 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 et Mérignac.
The western part of the commune is part of the Landes de Bordeaux.
Mérignac, St-Jean-d'Illac |
Mérignac |
Mérignac, Bordeaux |
St-Jean-d'Illac |
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Talence |
St-Jean-d'Illac, Cestas |
Canéjan |
Gradignan |
History
Early in World War II (June 22 1940), the town was the scene of a quadruple configurations on the firing range of Verthamon. Four communist militants, one of which was not yet 17, Roger Rambaud, who were among the internees of the military prison in Paris in full flight, were killed in the utmost secrecy by soldiers of the Third Republic dying. This case classified "Secret Defense" for 70 years has just been revealed by the historian Jacky Tronel in the history magazine Arkheia.[1]
Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods of Pessac:[2]
- 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
Population
Year | 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1841 | 1846 | 1851 | 1856 |
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Population | 1430 | 1336 | 1414 | 1349 | 1502 | 1341 | 1708 | 1785 | 2094 | 2334 |
Year | 1861 | 1866 | 1872 | 1876 | 1881 | 1886 | 1891 | 1896 | 1901 | 1906 |
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Population | 2537 | 2676 | 4743 | 3103 | 3227 | 3759 | 3944 | 4411 | 4239 | 4612 |
Year | 1911 | 1921 | 1926 | 1931 | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 |
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Population | 5234 | 6691 | 8268 | 10,706 | 13,004 | 17,769 | 19,226 | 24,281 |
Year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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Population | 36,986 | 51,360 | 50,267 | 51,055 | 56,143 | 57,632 |
Services
Education
- École maternelle Alouette
- École maternelle Cap de Bos
- École maternelle François Mauriac
- École maternelle Joliot-Curie
- École maternelle Le Colombier
- École maternelle Le Monteil
- École maternelle Le Pontet
- École maternelle Montesquieu
- École maternelle Pape Clément
- École primaire Cap de Bos
- École primaire Édouard Herriot
- École primaire Jacques Cartier
- École primaire Joliot-Curie
- École primaire Montesquieu
- École primaire Pierre Castaing
- École primaire Toctoucau
- École Aristide Briand
- École de Magonty
- École Georges Leygues
- École Jean Cordier
- École Jeanne d'Arc Saint-Joseph
- École Jules Ferry
- École Roland Dorgelès
- École Saint Exupéry
- Collège Alouette[3]
- Collège François Mitterrand (Ladonne)
- Collège Gérard Philipe[4]
- Collège Pessac (Noès)[5]
- Collège Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc Saint-Joseph[6]
- High schools:
- Lycée Pape Clément:[7] 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 professionnel Philadelphe de Gerde[8]
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, Tram et Bus de la CUB (TBC).
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)
- 1971: Thierry Poulain-Rehm, university
- 1979: Myriam Borg-Korfanty, handball player
- 1980: (18 August) Julien Lescarret, matador
International relations
Pessac is twinned with:
See also
- Château Haut-Brion
- Pessac-Léognan, wine appellation
- Communes of the Gironde department
References
- ^ J. Tronel, Pessac : ces quatre fusillés dont on ne parle pas (Pessac: four shot which we do not speak) review Arkheia, n°22, (Montauban, France), 2010.
- ^ federation-quartiers-pessac.com
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