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Pessac
Coat of arms of Pessac
Location of Pessac
Map
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentGironde
ArrondissementBordeaux
CantonPessac 1
Pessac 2
IntercommunalityBordeaux
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Jacques Benoît
Area
1
38.82 km2 (14.99 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
57,632
 • Density1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
33318 /33600
Elevation12–56 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

Pessac

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

Historical population of Pessac
Year1793180018061821183118361841184618511856
Population1430133614141349150213411708178520942334
Year1861186618721876188118861891189619011906
Population2537267647433103322737593944441142394612
Year19111921192619311936194619541962
Population52346691826810,70613,00417,76919,22624,281
Year196819751982199019992008
Population36,98651,36050,26751,05556,14357,632

Services

Education




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

International relations

Pessac is twinned with:

See also

References