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Pessac is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

in the Gironde

Gironde

For the Revolutionary party, see Girondists.Gironde is a common name for the Gironde estuary, where the mouths of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers merge, and for a department in the Aquitaine region situated in southwest France.-History:...

department in Aquitaine

Aquitaine

Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes...

in southwestern France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

.

It is the second-largest suburb

Suburb

The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...

of the city of Bordeaux

Bordeaux

Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...

and is adjacent to it on the southwest. It is a member of the metropolitan Urban Community of Bordeaux

Urban Community of Bordeaux

The Urban Community of Bordeaux , also known by its French initials CUB, is the intercommunal structure gathering the city of Bordeaux and some of its suburbs....

. 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

Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux

Sciences Po Bordeaux, or Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux, is a French political science grande école situated on the university campus of Pessac, 8 km from the centre of Bordeaux and is attached to the Montesquieu University - Bordeaux IV. It was established in 1948...

Geography

Pessac is located in the south of the Bordeaux metro area and is surrounded by Bordeaux

Bordeaux

, Talence

Talence

Talence is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is adjacent to it on the south side...

, Gradignan

Gradignan

Gradignan is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France.It is a suburb of the city of Bordeaux and is located on its southwest side...

, Canéjan

Canéjan

Canéjan is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.- Geography :Canéjan is located 11.4 km southwest of Bordeaux...

, Cestas

Cestas

Cestas is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...

, Saint-Jean-d'Illac

Saint-Jean-d'Illac

Saint-Jean-d'Illac is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...

et Mérignac.

The western part of the commune is part of the Landes de Bordeaux.

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St-Jean-d'Illac Saint-Jean-d'Illac Saint-Jean-d'Illac is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:-References:... , Cestas Cestas Cestas is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:-References:...	Canéjan Canéjan Canéjan is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.- Geography :Canéjan is located 11.4 km southwest of Bordeaux...	Gradignan Gradignan Gradignan is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France.It is a suburb of the city of Bordeaux and is located on its southwest side...

History

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.

Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods of Pessac:

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

Education

High schools:
- Lycée Pape Clément: 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
  Jacques Chirac
  Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...
  
  , then Prime Minister
  Prime Minister of France
  The Prime Minister of France in the Fifth Republic is the head of government and of the Council of Ministers of France. The head of state is the President of the French Republic...
  
  . Its initial capacity was 1,100 students including 900 "demi-pensionnaires". It was expanded in 1990 and now holds 1,260 students.
- Lycée professionnel Philadelphe de Gerde

Transportation

Pessac has a railway station on the westbound line from Bordeaux, Gare de Pessac

Gare de Pessac

Pessac is a railway station in the Pessac area of Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The station is located on the Bordeaux–Irun railway line. The station is served by TER services operated by SNCF.-Train services:...

. Pessac is also served by the urban transport network of the Bordeaux agglomeration, Tram et Bus de la CUB

Tram et Bus de la CUB

Tram et bus de la CUB is a public transport system for the 27 communes of the Urban Community of Bordeaux . It also provides service to part of the commune of Cadaujac....

(TBC).

Pessac is located on line B

Bordeaux Tramway Line B

The B line of the Bordeaux tramway is operated by the Tram et Bus de la CUB, and connects Station Pessac Centre in Pessac to Claveau in north Bordeaux.-Equipment:...

of the Tramway de Bordeaux

Tramway de Bordeaux

The Bordeaux tramway network consists of three lines serving the city of Bordeaux in southwestern France. The first line was opened on 21 December 2003; further extensions have increased the route length to . The system is notable for using a ground-level power supply of the Alimentation par Sol...

Personalities

1929: Yvette Roudy, socialist minister
1938: Jean Eustache
Jean Eustache
Jean Eustache was a French filmmaker. During his short career, he completed numerous shorts, in addition to a pair of highly regarded features, of which the first, The Mother and the Whore, is considered a key work of post-Nouvelle Vague French cinema.In his obituary for Eustache, the influential...

, film actor and director (d. 1981)
1971: Thierry Poulain-Rehm, university
1979: Myriam Borg-Korfanty, handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

player
1980: (18 August) Julien Lescarret, matador
Matador
A torero or toureiro is a bullfighter and the main performer in bullfighting, practised in Spain, Colombia, Portugal, Mexico, France and various other countries influenced by Spanish culture. In Spanish, the word torero describes any of the performers who actively participate in the bullfight...

External links

Official website

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