Colomiers

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Colomiers (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx; Languedocien dialect: Colomièrs) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitania region in Southwestern France. With a population of about 40,000, 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.

History

The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1991.[2]

Demographics

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

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Transport

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

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

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

See also

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in français). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Colomiers. En trois siècles, l'étonnante histoire des trois hôtels de ville". La Dépêche. 6 April 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
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  4. ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Colomiers: La fin des bus gratuits". 8 June 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Groupes scolaires Script error: No such module "webarchive".." Colomiers. Retrieved on October 3, 2016.
  7. ^ "Collèges et lycées Script error: No such module "webarchive".." Colomiers. Retrieved on October 3, 2016.

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