Blagnac (; ) is a commune of the greater Toulouse area in the

Haute-Garonne Haute-Garonne (; , ; ''Upper Garonne'') is a department in the southwestern French region of Occitanie. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country's fourth-largest. ...

department in southwestern

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. The city hosts the

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Aeroscopia Aeroscopia is a French aerospace museum, located at the north-western edge of Toulouse, in the commune of Blagnac. It was opened on 14 January 2015. This museum notably hosts two Concorde airliners. Building Designed by the firm Cardete and ...

. It is the third-largest

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of the city of

Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...

, although governed by a separate council, and is adjacent to it on the northwest side. It is a member of the

Toulouse Métropole Toulouse Métropole () is one of 20 French metropolises, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Toulouse. Located in the Haute-Garonne department, in the Occitanie region, southern France. Created in January 2015, it replaced the p ...

Geography

The river

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forms part of the commune's southern border, then flows into the

Garonne The Garonne ( , ; Catalan language, Catalan, Basque language, Basque and , ; or ) is a river that flows in southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux � ...

, which forms all of its eastern border. 38% percent of the area is made up of green spaces, mainly along the river Garonne and in parks.

Population

Economy

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and

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have their head offices in Blagnac.

Mecachrome Mecachrome SAS is a precision engineering company based in France that operates in the aerospace, motor racing, energy and defence sectors. History Mecachrome was founded in 1937 in Colombes, France. As a precision engineering company, Mecachrom ...

, a diversified precision engineering company with extensive experience in motorsport, has its headquarters in the commune.

Education

Blagnac has a student capacity of 5,500 in seven nurseries (''écoles maternelles''), five primary schools, two high schools/junior high schools (''collèges''), one sixth form college/senior high school (''lycée''), and a private school. Public secondary schools:Enseignement du second degré
" Blagnac. Retrieved on September 4, 2016. * Collège Mermoz * Collège Henry-Guillaume * Lycée Saint-Exupéry The private school is Établissement Le Ferradou, serving primary through senior high. The European aircraft manufacturer

has also one of its eight worldwide training centres :

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Transport

Local transport is operated by Tisséo. Buses 70 and 71 run to ''Jeanne d'Arc'' (connection with Line B of the

Toulouse Metro The Toulouse Metro (, ) is a rapid transit system serving Toulouse Métropole, France. It is the only metro system in Occitania. The city's public transport system was initially managed by the ''Société d'économie mixte des voyageurs de l'agglo ...

) and bus 66 runs to ''St Cyprien République'' (connection with Line A), both in the city centre. Bus 25 circles the suburb and stops at the Airport, and bus 17 connects Blagnac to Mondonville, toward the northwest. A shuttlebus (''navette'') connects the Airport to the city centre. A new

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way now operates southwards to the Toulouse ''Arènes'' station where it connects with Line A of the Metro.

Car attack

On 10 November 2017 a man drove into three students, aged between 22 and 23, outside their college. One was in a serious condition. It was thought the driver was suffering from major psychological problems. A public prosecutor at the time said there was no evidence the attack was linked to terrorism.

References

External links

Official site
{{Authority control Communes of Haute-Garonne