Pessac
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Coordinates:44°48′24″N0°37′52″W/ 44.8067°N 0.6311°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Gironde |
Arrondissement | Bordeaux |
Canton | Pessac-1and2 |
Intercommunality | Bordeaux Métropole |
Government | |
• Mayor(2020–2026) | Franck Raynal[1] |
Area 1 | 38.82 km2(14.99 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 66,760 |
• Density | 1,700/km2(4,500/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) |
1French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2(0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Pessac(French pronunciation:[pɛsak] ;Occitan:Peçac) is acommunein theGirondedepartmentinNouvelle-Aquitainein southwesternFrance.It is a member of themetropolis of Bordeaux,being the second-largestsuburbofBordeauxand located just southwest of it. Pessac is also home toBordeaux Montaigne Universityand theInstitut d'études politiques de Bordeaux.
Geography
[edit]Pessac is located in the south of the Bordeaux metro area and is surrounded byBordeaux,Talence,Gradignan,Canéjan,Cestas,Saint-Jean-d'IllacandMérignac.
The western part of the commune is part of theLandes de Bordeaux.
History
[edit]Early inWorld War II(June 22, 1940), the town was the scene of a quadruple execution on the firing range of Verthamon. Four communists militants, one of whom, Roger Rambaud, was not yet 17, were among the escapees from the military prison inParis,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.[3]
Neighborhoods
[edit]Neighborhoods of Pessac:[4]
- 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
Heritage
[edit]Wineries
[edit]Located on thePessac-Léognanappellation, there are several wineries, including the oldest of theBordeaux wine regions,château Haut-Brion.
Cité Frugès
[edit]Built byLe Corbusierin 1926, the district is an experimental housing for workers. This is one of the17 architectural works of Le Corbusierlisted as aUNESCO World Heritage Sitesince 2016.[5]
Casino district
[edit]Quarter built in the 1900s with a resort city architecture.
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Villa Girofla
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Villa Mimosa
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Villa Tour
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Villa Booz
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Villa Radieuse
Others
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Town hall
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Church of Saint Martin
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Music school
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Moulin de Noès
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Castel du bourg, private house
Population
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Education
[edit]9 Kindergartens
- École maternelleAlouette
- École maternelle Cap de Bos
- École maternelleFrançois Mauriac
- École maternelleJoliot-Curie
- École maternelle Le Colombier
- École maternelle Le Monteil
- École maternelle Le Pontet
- École maternelleMontesquieu
- École maternellePape Clément
15 Grade schools
- École primaireCap de Bos
- École primaireÉdouard Herriot
- École primaireJacques Cartier
- École primaireJoliot-Curie
- École primaireMontesquieu
- École primaire Pierre Castaing
- École primaire Toctoucau
- ÉcoleAristide Briand
- École de Magonty
- ÉcoleGeorges Leygues
- École Jean Cordier
- École Jeanne d'Arc Assomption
- ÉcoleJules Ferry
- ÉcoleRoland Dorgelès
- ÉcoleSaint Exupéry
5 Middle schools
- CollègeAlouette[8]
- CollègeFrançois Mitterrand(Ladonne)
- CollègeGérard Philipe[9]
- Collège Pessac (Noès)[10]
- Collège Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc Assomption[11]
3 High schools
- Lycée Pape-Clément :[12]financed by theFrench government,"Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine"and"Bordeaux Métropole";was presented as the high school of the year 2000. It was inaugurated on 9 July 1987 byJacques Chirac,thenPrime Minister.Its initial capacity was 1,100 students including 900 "demi-pensionnaires". It was expanded in 1990 and now holds 1,475 students.
- Lycée Sans Frontière
- Lycée professionnelPhiladelphe de Gerde[13]
Transportation
[edit]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,Transports Bordeaux Métropole(TBM).
Pessac is located online Bof theTramway de Bordeaux.
Personalities
[edit]- 1929:Yvette Roudy,socialist minister
- 1938:Jean Eustache,film actor and director (d. 1981)
- 1953:Patrice Brun (historian)
- 1971:Thierry Poulain-Rehm,university
- 1979:Myriam Borg-Korfanty ,handballplayer
- 1980: (18 August)Julien Lescarret ,matador
Twin towns - sister cities
[edit]Pessac is twinned with:[14]
Banfora,Burkina Faso
Burgos,Spain
Galați,Romania
Göppingen,Germany
Viana do Castelo,Portugal
See also
[edit]- Château Haut-Brion
- Pessac-Léognan,wine appellation
- Communes of the Gironde department
- Operation Josephine B,a 1941 attack on an electricity substation.
References
[edit]- ^"Répertoire national des élus: les maires".data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises(in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^"Populations légales 2021"(in French).The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies.28 December 2023.
- ^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-pessacArchived2008-09-14 at theWayback Machine
- ^"L'Œuvre architecturale de le Corbusier, une contribution exceptionnelle au Mouvement Moderne".
- ^Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui:Commune data sheet Pessac,EHESS(in French).
- ^Population en historique depuis 1968,INSEE
- ^(site web)Archived2007-03-19 at theWayback Machine
- ^(site web)Archived2005-03-10 at theWayback Machine
- ^(site web)Archived2005-03-10 at theWayback Machine
- ^(site web: http:// h-hoster /jeanne/index.php)
- ^(site web)Archived2007-03-20 at theWayback Machine
- ^(site web)Archived2007-03-19 at theWayback Machine
- ^"Villes Jumelles".jumelage-pessac.org(in French). Comité jumelage Pessac.Retrieved16 November2019.
External links
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