Pessac

Pessac

Chateau of Haut Brion

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Pessac

Coordinates: 44°48′24″N 0°37′52″W / 44.8067°N 0.6311°WCoordinates: 44°48′24″N 0°37′52″W / 44.8067°N 0.6311°W
Country France
Region Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Bordeaux
Canton Pessac 1
Pessac 2
Intercommunality Bordeaux
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Jacques Benoît
Area1 38.82 km2 (14.99 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 57,632
 • Density 1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
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.

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.

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

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]

  • 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
YearPop.±%
17931,430—    
18001,336−6.6%
18061,414+5.8%
18211,349−4.6%
18311,502+11.3%
18361,341−10.7%
18411,708+27.4%
18461,785+4.5%
18512,094+17.3%
YearPop.±%
18562,334+11.5%
18612,537+8.7%
18662,676+5.5%
18724,743+77.2%
18763,103−34.6%
18813,227+4.0%
18863,759+16.5%
18913,944+4.9%
18964,411+11.8%
YearPop.±%
19014,239−3.9%
19064,612+8.8%
19115,234+13.5%
19216,691+27.8%
19268,268+23.6%
193110,706+29.5%
193613,004+21.5%
194617,769+36.6%
195419,226+8.2%
YearPop.±%
196224,281+26.3%
196836,986+52.3%
197551,360+38.9%
198250,267−2.1%
199051,055+1.6%
199956,143+10.0%
200857,632+2.7%

Education

9 Kindergartens

15 Grade schools

5 Middle schools

2 High schools

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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ federation-quartiers-pessac.com
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  6. ↑ (site web : jeannedarc-pessac.eu)
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