Pessac
Pessac | |
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 Chateau of Haut Brion | |
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Location of Pessac  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Gironde |
| Arrondissement | Bordeaux |
| Canton | Pessac 1 Pessac 2 |
| Intercommunality | Bordeaux |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Franck Raynal |
| 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 (Occitan: Peçac) is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a member of the metropolis of Bordeaux, being the second-largest suburb of Bordeaux and located just southwest of it. Pessac is also home to the Montesquieu University, the Bordeaux Montaigne University, 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 execution on the firing range of Verthamon. Four communist militants, one of whom, Roger Rambaud, was not yet 17, were among the escapees from the military prison in Paris, were killed in the utmost secrecy by soldiers of the Third Republic. This case, classified "Secret Defense" for 70 years, has recently been revealed by the historian Jacky Tronel in the history magazine Arkheia.[1]
Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods of Pessac:[2]
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Education
9 Kindergartens
15 Grade schools
5 Middle schools
- Collège Alouette[3]
- Collège François Mitterrand (Ladonne)
- Collège Gérard Philipe[4]
- Collège Pessac (Noès)[5]
- Collège Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc Assomption[6]
3 High schools
- fr:[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 Sans Frontière
- 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: fr, socialist minister
- 1938: Jean Eustache, film actor and director (d. 1981)
- 1971: Thierry Poulain-Rehm, university
- 1979: fr, handball player
- 1980: (18 August) fr, matador
International relations
Pessac is twinned with:
See also
- Château Haut-Brion
- Pessac-Léognan, wine appellation
- Communes of the Gironde department
- Operation Josephine B, a 1941 attack on an electricity substation.
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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