Colomiers

Colomiers is a common French, located in the department of the Haute-Garonne and the area the Midday-Pyrenees.

Second commune for the number of inhabitants of the department, and sixth of the area.

Its inhabitants are called Columérins (columérins and columérines).

Blazon

Blazon quartered: with the first of azure to a money tower, with the second of azure to the money lion, the third of mouths to the furious gold bull, the fourth of mouths to the cross cléchée, emptied and pommetée of twelve gold coins.

Geography

Second city of the High Garonne: located on RN124 and the A624 in the Suburbs Western of Toulouse, access by the Peripheral of Toulouse left.

Altitude : 180 m (calculated on the square of the Town hall - in bottom of the steps).

flowered City :

History

As of the the Middle Ages, Colomiers with its Castle X and its Colombier S had already a residential and economic vocation. In these vast rural properties, the dovecotes symbolized the richness of the Capitoul S of Toulouse which sought this envied title of Co-lord of Colomiers. Thus started the notoriety of this village-street to the foot of a fort and church. The great fields which surrounded it, were at the same time castles and smallholdings, gardens and vines…

In the years 1960, the village is moulted downtown gradually. A distinguishing mark until in 2003, the city continued to have its many rounds points with the priority on the right since, said Alex Raymond, the former mayor, this city had been thus designed and that " it went since good before the law instituting the priority on the left on the round-points" .

Under the impulse of the new mayor (Bernard Sicard), the harmonization of the rounds points of the east city entered the facts and for all to say Colomiers is a pleasant city with all its flowered roundabouts… Colomiers obtained 3 flowers with the " table of the flowered cities of France" …

Other specificities of the town of Colomiers, public transport are free there just as the carparks.

Administration

Demography

Census 1999

28.538 inhabitants (13 760 men and 14.778 women)

26.6% less than 20 years 58.7% from 20 to 59 years, 9.1% from 60 to 74 years, 5.6% 75 years and more.

Districts

Close to the stage of US Colomiers of Rugby, the stage Michel Bendichou, are the residential district of the sélery and district HLM of Naspe. In the south, near to Tournefeuille, the residential district of Cabirol is, where the park of the same name is located, as well as a castle, currently used like private clinic, and which is in work for amndt 22 apartments.

Economy

Surface : 2083 ha of which 41% devoted to the habitat (35% of social housing), 27% dedicated to the zones of activities, 22% reserved for sports equipment and from leisures, 10% of land reserve.

The economy is mainly related on industry Aéronautique and the tertiary sector through zones of activities: Aeronautical zone in north east (EADS - Airbus), ZI In Jacca (Logistic storage, ), ZAC of Perget (trade and services), in full expansion starting from 2005 and ZAC of Ramassiers, development area as from 2007.

Colomiers accommodates more than 1.400 companies with nearly 20.000 employment.

Following many work, the city shelters the largest market of the department

Places and monuments

Holy Church Radegonde
Roman Villa of nautical Gramont
Space Jean Vauchère
Auditorium Jean Cayrou (Concert S…)
Firm of Perget and its frontage with its landscape and natural decoration.
Castle of visible Cabirol behind the buildings of the private clinic of the same name, which occurred Etienne Collongues.
Door of the Castle of Raspaud near the place Firmin Pons.
Oratorical gone of Naurouze carried out by the Francino brothers.
Castle of Ramassiers in the middle of an protected area of the urbanization.
Museum of the Old Wings

Personalities related to the commune

Jean-Luc Sadourny: Rugby player, postpones US Colomiers, back of the Équipe of France of Rugby to XV and remained faithful to his club of always in spite of the multiple requests.
François Mitterrand: President of the Republic, it appreciated the former mayor Alex Raymond. He remained with many recoveries in the city and had his practices with the pension " journey end" 16 chemin d' in sigal become dwelling house today.
Jean-Claude Skrela: rugby player of the Eighties, international and today National chief technical officer of the French federation of Rugby. Father of David Skrela, current international within the XV of France.
Dominique Arribagé: Professional footballer trained with the TFC. He is the heir to a great line of footballers columérins to the less career but to great qualities such Michel Gutierrez, preselected in Team of France Juniors, Puppo, Coumel, Regimbeau trained with the club and which made in years 80/90 the happiness of more crested regional clubs.

Events

Official reception of the USC synchronized Swimming at the end of June with Nautical Space Jean Vauchère
Living room of the Cartoon in October: * Carnival of Colomiers each year (1st Saturday of March)
Beating with old + secondhand trade (1st Saturday and Sunday of September)
Boulevards of colomiers (pedestrian race of 10 km) first Sunday of September

Associations

National headquarter of Association RETINA FRANCE " To overcome the diseases of the vue" , recognized public utility, 21 000 members at February 14th, 2007.
Resource center on the non-violence of the Midday-Pyrenees (association law 1901) 11, allée de Guérande (near the International College) 31770 Colomiers. Such: 05 61 78 66 80 email: crnv.midi-pyrenees@wanadoo.fr
Old Wings (Collection of Plane S Old) in the fatherland of aeronautics

Sports

Sporting city with formative clubs and recruiters in the area (synchronized swimming, Rugby, football, basketball,…).

the section Synchronized Natation of US Colomiers Omnisports was created in 1987 with 30 laid off. It did not cease growing and collecting successes with today 210 swimmers. The club occupies the 10th place with the national classification (2006) and the 2nd place of South-west.

the US Colomiers Rugby, gained the European Challenge in 1998, finalist of the Heineken Cup and finalist of the championship of France of Rugby in 2000. The last of the Championship of France of Rugby Pro D2 in 2007, the team was relegated into Federal I.

the US Colomiers football reached in 2007 in CFA2.

US Colomiers Basket is the most important club of Haute-Garonne with in particular a female team in female Nationale 2 (NF2) and a school of basketball and miniature basket-ball.

the school of dance modern jazz.

The book Colomiers of the origins at 1940 by the Company of Archeology and Local History of Colomiers

See too

Common of the Haute-Garonne
FOR THE THIRD TIME the Midday-Pyrenees

External bonds

Town hall of Colomiers
Colomiers on the site of the National Geographical Institute
Colomiers on the site of INSEE
Colomiers on the site of Quid
Localization of Colomiers on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Colomiers on Mapquest

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