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| Country | France | |
| Region | Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Bordeaux | |
| Canton | Pessac 1 Pessac 2 |
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| Intercommunality | Bordeaux | |
| Mayor | Jean-Jacques Benoît (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 12–56 m (39–184 ft) | |
| Land area1 | 38.82 km2 (14.99 sq mi) | |
| Population2 | 57,632 (2008) | |
| - Density | 1,485 /km2 (3,850 /sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 33318/ 33600 | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | ||
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
Pessac (Occitan: Peçac) 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.
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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 |
Talence |
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St-Jean-d'Illac, Cestas |
Canéjan |
Gradignan |
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 of Pessac:[2]
| 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 |
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.
Pessac is twinned with:
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