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Colomiers

Coordinates: 43°36′50″N 1°20′12″E / 43.6139°N 1.3367°E / 43.6139; 1.3367
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Colomiers
Colomèrs (Occitan)
Suburban houses in Colomiers
Suburban houses in Colomiers
Coat of arms of Colomiers
Location of Colomiers
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Colomiers is located in France
Colomiers
Colomiers
Colomiers is located in Occitanie
Colomiers
Colomiers
Coordinates: 43°36′50″N 1°20′12″E / 43.6139°N 1.3367°E / 43.6139; 1.3367
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentHaute-Garonne
ArrondissementToulouse
CantonToulouse-7
IntercommunalityToulouse Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Karine Traval-Michelet[1]
Area
1
20.83 km2 (8.04 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
40,159
 • Density1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
31149 /31770
Elevation145–191 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.

Colomiers (French pronunciation: [kɔlɔmje]; Occitan: Colomèrs; Languedocien dialect: Colomièrs) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitania region in Southwestern France. With a population of 39,968 as of 2019, it is the largest suburb of the city of Toulouse, to which it is adjacent on the west side. Colomiers is part of Toulouse Métropole.

Demographics

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The inhabitants of the commune are known as Columérins (masculine) or Columérines (feminine).

Historical population
YearPop.±% 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%
YearPop.±% 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[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)[4]

Transport

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In 1971 it became the first area of France to offer zero-fare public transport, but had to cancel this project in 2016.[5]

Education

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There are nine public preschools (maternelles) and six public elementary schools.[6] 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.[7]

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 ».[6]

Sport

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Colomiers, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ "Colomiers: La fin des bus gratuits". 8 June 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Groupes scolaires Archived 2016-10-05 at the Wayback Machine." Colomiers. Retrieved on October 3, 2016.
  7. ^ "Collèges et lycées Archived 2016-10-05 at the Wayback Machine." Colomiers. Retrieved on October 3, 2016.
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