Pessac

Pessac (in Gascon Occitan Peçac ) is a city of the south-west of the France, in the southern suburbs of Bordeaux. It is the fourth city of the area Aquitaine by the number of inhabitants (57 600) after Bordeaux, Pau and Mérignac and the common third of the department of the the Gironde. The inhabitants of Pessac are Pessacais. Its wines of the AOC Pessac-Léognan are universally famous.

Geography

Pessac is located in the South of the agglomeration of Bordeaux and is surrounded of the towns of Bordeaux, Talence, Gradignan, Canéjan, Cestas, Saint-Jean-with Illac and Mérignac.
La western part of common belongs to the Landes of Bordeaux
Districts of Pessac:
  • Verthamon
  • the gravers
  • Brivazac - Candau
  • Noës
  • Pessac-borough
  • Casino
  • Sardine
  • Chiquet
  • Compostelle - Paillère
  • Monteil
  • CCLAPS - the Chestnut grove
  • Saige - Formanoir
  • 3M (Macédo, Reflecting, Monbalon)
  • France - the Lark
  • Cape de Bos
  • Magonty - Romainville
  • Toctoucau

History

The Romains hardly left in the city but the very vague memory of a certain “Peccus” or “Pessus”, which would have given its name to Pessac , that certain specialists however affirm of origin Celte, seeing in “Pect” or “acc” the Suffixe Gaulois - accum. In addition, a villa Gallo-Roman E would have been located at Pessac.

Certain experts Linguistique S see in “Pess” a deformation of “Pisc”, making think of Poisson.

It remains, however, of the Roman some names of sites pessacais, in particular that of “Canteranne” (frog sings), “Tuilerane” (tile).

The Romains had already arranged the Gallic tracks their needs of conqueror-occupants, such as Levade of the landaise part between Pessac and Tests It (not existing Arcachon yet), the way known as “Roman”, now cut by the road of Arcachon and the university field.

Pessac was dominated at the 14th century by the presence of Clément V (Bertrand de Goth), the “Pope Clement” whose still the great pieces of a vintage not less famous remain and who were stronghold of the Archbishop's palace, between other grounds of Church: Haut-Lévêque, Carmelite friars…

The name of Pessac appeared in the texts only at the 12th century.

Montesquieu, interested by the vineyard, made build in Pessac a masonry (currently Bacalan).
It is only in second half of the 19th century that the current center of Pessac was built in the middle of the vines with the place of the Ve République and the town hall, after the displacement of the cemetery being next to the church.

The districts built at the 20th century are it often with the detriment of the initial wine aspect of the city. For example, the districts known as of “Saige Formanoir” and the “Haut-Lévêque” were built on the grounds of old wine castles pessacais.

In addition the increasing and being modernized Agglomeration of Bordeaux, of the building sites having for goal the dwelling or the urban development (tram, roads…) continue to make move back the green areas of the city.

It is in Pessac that Pierre Hugues carried out the first tests of a revolutionary system for the Gemmage of the pine S, that it Brevet will era in the middle of the 19th century: the pot ascentionnel (resin pot).

Blazon nement


“Of azure to the bar bent part of Sinople and Mouths, accompanied as a chief by two bunches by fruity Grape by Gold, tigées and broken into leaf of Sinople, and at a peak of a Forest of pines on a terrace isolated from Sand. ”
The Raisin S of the Blason symbolize the Vigne S of the city, the pines symbolize the Forêt which surround the town of Pessac , the Landes of Gascogne.


Currency

In me sanitas and robur (in me health the pins and forces it the vin)

Demography

Administration

Nature

'' In the secrecy of Wood '', to download on town hall-pessac.fr

  • green Casting of Peugue
The green Casting of Peugue is the fruit of installation by the town of Pessac of a belt of approximately 10 km, all along the Ruisseau of Peugue, since the by-pass until the western limits of the urbanized part of Magonty.

Green Casting and its wooded solid masses represent a space of more than 300 Hectare S dedicated to the Loisirs and the walk, in full heart of the Agglomération.

It comprises two major sites: the Wood of the sources of Peugue and Écosite of Bourgail.

* Wood of the Sources of Peugue

- Districts of Magonty and Toctoucau - Entries: RN 250 until the allotment of the Wood of the Princess, and avenue of the Aérien. Port

Formerly the Wood of the Sources of Peugue was formed, at one indefinite time, on a site pessacais called “the Field of Eels”.
Indeed, after a long tour since the Atlantic Ocean, more exactly since the Sargasso Sea, these Eel S, coming by far, arrived until Peugue, went up until its source, to finally join the surrounding basin S circulars, the Lagune S, and thus constituting true viviers.

Dune S of sand were formed along the Rive S of Peugue and all along its course, allowing, at the 19th century, the exploitation of Verrerie S such as that of Vallon.

Peugue was the Channel of the sea announced by the roles Gascon S (official documents of acts or titles).

The Latin word of origin E “pelagus” meaning overflowed water of a River, gave “peugue” in Gascon. It thus remained in the modern language with the direction of “full sea”, “the broad one”.

The Wood of the sources of Peugue also proposes many possibilities of Loisirs: a course of health, an equestrian course with track of gallop, a Botanical path with about thirty Vegetable to be discovered, beautiful a pond of 2,5 Hectare S bordered of small Beach S of white Sand, true place of observation of the fauna and Flora, with a playing field stabilized for the children and of the surfaces of Picnic.

For the walkers, ways for pedestrians and two-wheeled vehicle (the cycle Track departmental is located in the vicinity).

Today rehabilitated, Peugue saw its course being reduced and the Wood of the Sources of Peugue to reappear, on 113 Hectare S, to become one of more wooded big spaces of the agglomeration of Bordeaux. Wood is composed of a great gasoline diversity of trees, mainly of Pinède S.

Its landscape of wet grounds, of maritime pines, woodland pines, oaks stalks or red oaks of America, oaks tauzins, Alder S, Charm S, Robinier S, Chestnut S, Hazel tree S, Ash S, Houx, Fern S and Heather S, offers to the place a wild and authentic charm

Close to Romainville, the landscape is metamorphosed in a Lande wet made up of ferns, Brande S, Ajonc S of Europe, and bruyères.

* BASIN OF CAPE OF BOSS

District of Cape de Bos. Entry: avenue of Provinces

This space was, until the end of the 20th century, a Lande Marécage uses saved by the Urbanisation.
On the cadastral level of 1813, one notices a Lagune indexed called “Soudour” on the site of current the Bassin of Cape de Bos.
In 1993, CUB makes undertake work of Terrassement in the double objective to dig a basin of spreading out of the Crue S and to use the Sable extracts to cover the discharge with Bourgailh, closed same the année.
During this work, an impassioned technician of Fossile S recognizes some, rather rare of them, in the stirred up ground.

The ASCPA (Sports association and Cultural Pessac-Lark) , section Paleontology, intervenes at once on the site.
She discovers there Fossile S of marine animals going back to 18 million years, before the appearance of the Homme on the Ground: Pessac was then located on the zone of contact between the delta of the the Garonne and the Côte Atlantique.
The landscape installation of the accesses of the basin for the approval of Pessacais was completed in 2004.

* Site of Bourgailh

The site of Bourgailh (170 ha) is a space dedicated to the environment and the bird, a single site in its kind in France, opened with the public in 2005. The natural space and leisures of the Forest of Bourgailh, located between the by-pass and the district of Cape de Bos on 63 hectares, integrate the creation of paths of walk, view-point S, footbridges and headlands, a teaching advance, of Jardin S sets of themes, family gardens, floral festival and a route of ways pedestrians/two wheels.

It also shelters a tropical Serre and thereafter a House of Nature, resource center on the energy S, the urban ecology, a relay of promotion of spaces and regional natural parks of Aquitaine.

Three view-point S (turns of Wood (highest rises with 18 meters) realized according to techniques innovating with a look resolutely " hightech ") make perfect observation posts for in love ones with nature, the Oiseau X or the star S, and offer superb a Panorama. The Staircase S (of a hundred steps) and rambardes are out of exotic wood, with tons contrasted.

tropical Greenhouse

The Serre of Bourgailh shelters a collection of 1.200 species joining together 4.500 Plante S on a surface of 1.300 m2.
Some of these plants, selected for their characteristics are put in scene by reconstituting 7 types of tropical and subtropical mediums: the Marsh of Louisiana, the Australian Bush, the Deserted Mexican, the African veld, the world of the Fern S, the Forest néphéliphile and the Equatorial forest. A course, the center of the greenhouse, marked out by Panel X of information, allows the public in visit free or with accompanying notes to discover the diversity and the characteristics of these tropical plants.

Hill of Bourgailh

Let us recall that the site of Bourgailh is located on old the Community Décharge, true a Colline which culminates in the middle of the site, to 70 Mètre S of Altitude.
A tripartite convention signed by Pessac, CUB and EDF sealed the decision to collect the Biogaz which escape from it. They thus make it possible to heat the Serre S already installed and located at the foot of the hill which shelter an important collection of tropical plants. On a surface of 30 hectares, this headland landscape will be planted éricacées: Heather S, Azalea S and varied and multicoloured Rhododendron S. With the foot of the hill: a floral Garden opened with the public.

The project carried out in partnership with the Urban community of Bordeaux and entrusted to the team of architects Landscape designer S Jacques Coulon and Linda Leblanc, saw its work spreading out of 2004 to 2006.

Park with topic on the bird

Not organ of Écosite, a ludic and cultural park dedicated to the topic of the Bird, will be truly in phase with ornithological Aquitaine and its sites. In addition, it will be in strong resonance with the industry Aéronautique and the high technologies developed in the Gironde.

animalist Park and plant

In 2008, the realization will begin from large a animalist Parc and plant unique in France, intended to become a major place of family entertainment for the agglomeration of Bordeaux and the area.

  • CONVIVIAL AXIS OF THE HEART OF CITY

Quartiers of the Borough, Sardine and Saige

Within the framework of the urban project of the downtown area, an axis of soft circulations, reserved to the pedestrians and two wheels, called the convivial axis, is intended to connect the Bellegrave district to that of the Trigger guard, just as the major equipment of north in the south of the ville.
This axis, true spinal column of the urban project, will be the subject of a landscape treatment and will also make it possible to join the circuit passing by the university campus, along the by-pass, of the Railway, and joining the cycle Track departmental until the Sources of Peugue.

  • PARK RAZON
Sardine district. Entries: bvd. Saint Martin's day, front Pierre-Wiehn, Razon streets and Admiral Prouhet

The name of this park comes from the way which skirted it, the Razon way. This name itself would come from the name of the bordering owner of the places, Mr. Razefon with the 8th siècle.
In 1929, the ground was bought by the Town of Pessac to carry out the Park of Sports.
In 1938, new sporting installations were created around the castle of Bellegrave, which will become the Park of the Sports, as for those of the Razonelles park will be partially destroyed, only will remain the grounds of Tennis.

The old name of the park has thus, seems it, found its usage.
One finds there today a space of walk full with charm, a basin, grounds of Tennis, an associative room, and a planted space of Cyprès bald people, coniferous trees which lose their needles in winter and which take, for this reason, a beautiful color gilded with the Automne.
Near the Razon Park, the Pompidou park also constitutes a space of greenery attracting for the walkers.

  • PARK AND POND OF FONTAUDIN
District of Chiquet-Fontaudin. Entries: front Raymond-Poincaré, front of Saige and front of the Juin Marshal

Until 1981, at this place even, one found pre where still fed some Mouton S, part of an old field which, for more than one hundred years, had belonged to the congregation of the sisters of Saint-Joseph.
In addition to their agricultural activity (with a school of agriculture at the beginning of the 20th century) the religious S accommodated on their property, according to the times, different public in difficulty: older sisters or patients, Orphan S of war, priest S in retirement, young people in convalescence and finally Child S in low age. In the Years 1920, then the Years 1960, the field was parcelled out gradually.
In 1982, confronted with the need for envisaging tanks to absorb the too full of ones Raw water in the event of S, the Urban community of Bordeaux buys a piece with the congregation and made there dig a basin of 48.000 m3, which was put out of water in 1985. Since, an aquicultural fauna of good quality proliferated in the water level and the fishermen are happy there and bienvenus.
The fishermen of Fontaudin really catch fish for the pleasure with special hook S and slacken it after the prise.
100 kg of fish were added in January 2004 in order to renew fauna: gardon S, pole S, Tench S, Bremen S,… one even finds there (more rarely) some catfishes!

  • WOOD OF SAIGE
District of Saige. Entry: street of Résédas

Since the most moved back times, and until the beginning of the Years 1970, the district of Saige had five natural source S “running of abundance”.
One fed a fish pond existing since the Moyen-âge and altered at the 18th century; the others were collected by “charming fountains Monument ales”, of which one was dismounted and rebuilt in the park of Camponac.
Until the Years 1950, all the district of Saige was going to draw fresh water there.

At the time, the countryside surrounded the district of some properties dating from 18th and 19th siècles.
Largest, the field of Extremely-Manor, would have belonged to Mr. (of) Saige, who was Maire of Bordeaux under the Révolution, or to his descendants.

The Brook the Snake and some water levels offered fishing to the crayfish S and canoeing in Pessacais “of the borough” which came to stroll in Saige the dimanche.
Into 1970, the urban evolution transformed this district. Great units, university field and by-pass brought a different social life: bucolique, but more vivante.
The Wood of Saige was refitted in 1997 within the framework of the rehabilitation of the district: installation of benches, course walk, lighting, adventure playground and Picnic.

  • CASTLE OF CAMPONAC
District of the Chestnut grove. Entries: front Arago, front Roger-Chaumetet, street of Camponac

In 1610, a sale contract of this ground mentions an old house, renovated by its new owner, Mr. de Fonteneil, who will give a new rise to the propriété.
One century later, the old masonry is replaced by a chartreuse , house low with two wings, whose central body will be raised of a stage at the 19th century; the Veranda, the Peristyle and the alley of Platane S which leaves towards the grounds Sport S, in the north of the park, also date from the Second Empire.

The fountain of the 18th century that one sees in the park comes from the field of Saige, missing today. It was dismounted then gone up in Camponac, in 1979, by the members of association “the friends of beautiful and of the Pessac old man”.
Today, the place left room to superb a Médiathèque, by maintaining and combining both Architecture S, that of the chartreuse with that of a building to dominant of Bois integrated perfectly in its environment.

    • PARK OF CAMPONAC
One does not know the exact origin of the name " De Camposanto" , of Roman consonance.
  • PARK OF JOZEREAU
District of France-Lark - Entries: Jean-Meyraud avenue, street of Aquitaine and street of Guyenne

The Water level is arranged on the old cavity of extraction of the Argile: Rail S and Wagon Nets used by the career are today still at the bottom of water, a such Atlantis lost. One also locates the sources of Artigon at it, Ruisseau disappeared today under the effect of the Urbanisation.
In the years of Post-war period, the park of Jozereau is partly property of the the SNCF which maintains the accesses the railway. The Town of Pessac acquires of it a few years later.
The park of Jozereau, refitted by the City in 1990, is appreciated today for its pond of fishing, its adventure playground and its Boulodrome.
Surface of Picnic, place of walks, go fishermen, this Water level in full heart of the city attracts many visitors who are delayed readily in a nature, certainly controlled, but which preserves a wild character at the undeniable charm.

This park was, since first half of the 19th century and a hundred of years during, the career of Argile which fed the brick tery Jozereau, located at 300m from there, with the site of the current Shopping mall.

  • FIELD OF CAZALET
Quartier of France-Lark. Entries: front of the General-Leclerc, front Pierre-Castaing and front of Beutre Formerly, it was a time when the 60 Hectare S of what was not yet the field of Cazalet were used as Pâturage with the Ruminant S. That which will give him its name is a lawyer of Bordeaux, François Cazalet, born in 1730, famous for its capacity to be implied in the businesses of its customers and for its nourished, nervous and fast style, this vigorous and untiring logic to which all the Barreau paid homage. Monk and royalist, it will accommodate at his place certain counter-revolutionaries activities. Only would have been preserved of this time the ground floor of the initial house, like some old trees. In 1861, the ground is still described as pasturage in the cadastral documents .

Then, a large trader in bonnet ery, Firmin Ferdinand Clouzet, who will be Maire of Pessac of 1870 with 1878 and member of the General advice of the the Gironde for the Canton of Pessac, repurchases the ground with Firmin Jarrige, mayor of 1809 with 1822.
He made there build the castle in 1882 and gives him his name. He produces on these grounds an excellent red wine vintage of Graves.
Perhaps some Pessacais remember still the horse-races which were held on the field during between two-wars.

It is in 1941 that Charles Ragot makes acquisition of the park, the dependences and the castle, requisitioned by the occupant, until August 1944.
Between 1955 and 1967, nearly 80 paid work on the field, renamed Ragot-Cazalet.
The Urban community of Bordeaux repurchases the property in 1983 with Mr. Ragot then yields the property rights with the commune of Pessac, current owner.

Today, after heavy work of restoration, including/understanding the explanation, the refitting of the park, the repair of pigeon out of pink bricks and the installation of a noble access accompanied by Carpark S to improve the reception of it since the avenue of Beutre, the Cazalet castle constitutes one of the top-places of the daily life with Pessac of which famous festivities of Rosière. One understands by admiring his very gravitational field that the castle of Cazalet is reserved entire for the ceremonies, the Mariage S and a Mairie - appendix. The Park of Cazalet finds its full vocation in summer, where its shades and its alleys make of them a destination of choice for the school exits and buissonnières and the many festive meetings of associations pessacaises.

Monuments

  • the Orangery (or Trifle) - 26, avenue Roger-Chaumet
The Orangery is part of the Doré house of the 18th century. In 1844, its owner, Mr Doré, was director with the contributions. This building is classified Historic building.
  • the Mill of Noës - Street Albert-Laurenson: noes.site.voilà.fr
The Moulin is the last vestige of the Ferme Expérimentale born from the local application of the stop of the Council of Roy, of the April 16th 1761 (stop supporting the clearing of the grounds free of the kingdom to avoid the “food shortage of the grain”) and built by Jacques Alexandre de Ladebat, ship-owner of Bordeaux (father of Andre-Daniel Laffon de Ladebat), in a zone Marécage uses of the " Moors of Bordeaux " , which was drained to make plantations there. This farm was intended for the culture of Céréale S but also for the breeding of worms to silk, nourished thanks to a plantation of Mûrier S, and trained manservants whose best became owners of a small holding.

Last vestige of this unit, the farm having been destroyed in 1970, the mill with three Arche S is built on the brook of Peugue which is used as limit with the communes of Pessac and Mérignac.

Restored in 1993, it is characterized by the Architecture from its rise upstream: niche with Vault in bottom of furnace with mouldings and staples with Volute S, pediment with decoration appearing streaming water, Conch and watery plants.

  • the Town hall - Place of Ve République
Built at the 19th century, located at the center of the commune, places of Ve République, the town hall was rebuilt in 1988. Its modern architecture, in Glass, integrated the past by preserving stone the central house of the old town hall going back to 1868.
  • the church Saint Martin's day - Place of Ve République
The church Saint Martin's day, of Romance Style, was probably built at the 11th century, on the basis of construction Gallo-Roman E. the Middle Ages, it remains only little of things, some traces old Fenêtre S on the external Mur or under the Porche. The church, such as we can see it today, date of the 17th century and enlargings of 1865. Curiosity: contrast enters the rustic simplicity of the Nef, underlined by powerful a Charpente and splendor Baroque of the Rétable in Bois gilded 18th century.
  • Historial - Which occurred of Camponac
Historial of the “Friends of the Beautiful and Vieux Pessac” is placed in the old vat of the castle of Camponac. It is not defined not as museum but as an initiation in the history of Pessac, for the adults and the children.

The Frugès City is one of the two allotments conceived by the Swiss Architecte Le Corbusier in 1924 (in collaboration with his/her cousin Pierre Jeanneret, architect also) on behalf of the sugar Industriel Henri Frugès.
The industrialist wished to place his Ouvrier S " on a vast meadow surrounded by wood of pine S, to build a city jardin" there;. On the preliminary draft of 135 houses, the 50 built dwellings answer 7 different types: zigzag, Quincunx, binocular, Skyscraper, Arcade (architecture), vrinat and isolated. With their Roof S terrace S, their construction in Reinforced concrete and the Polychromy their frontages, the houses were a full-scale laboratory of the innovative ideas of the architect.

The house, located 3 rue des Arcades, standard house in a whole of seven in extreme cases of the district and which preserved a state close to the origin, is classified Historic building.

The Town of Pessac has redécouvert its inheritance at the time of this classification and acquired a house “skyscraper” (located 4 rue Le Corbusier), transformed into house Frugès - Le Corbusier, opened with the visit and place of various Exposure S throughout the year. It preserves a Maquette of the unit, realized by Henry and Christiane Frugès in 1967.

After one long period of lapse of memory, during which the houses were largely modified by their inhabitants, the city is gradually renovated by its new occupants, often impassioned of the architect.

The allotment of Pessac is registered in a Protection zone of the Architectural Heritage Urbain and Paysager: simple architectural recommendations ensure the safeguard of the unit, while endeavouring to preserve to him its initial character of “popular city of dwelling”.

  • Factory of the Currency of Paris

Economy

Key figures

In 2002, the commune of Pessac counts 520 industrial companies and of services (except trade and Artisanat of proximity) and offers more than 21000 Emploi s.
While preserving the traditional activities of the Culture of the vine, Pessac knew to develop a economy dynamic and diversified within the Technopolis of Bordeaux.

The various zones of activities accommodate the concerned companies to be established within a powerful but also convivial and personalized framework.

Parks of activities

The parks of activities tertiary Industrie it and S of Pessac represent some 200 Hectare S and are placed in edge of the by-pass and the highway A63.
  • industrial Park of PESSAC-BERSOL
    • Surface: 54 hectares
    • Branches of industry: construction industries, electronic, Graphic arts and paperboard stroke
    • Many companies: 180
    • Number of employment: 6.000
    • Company-headlights: Thalès Airborne systems, Tekelec-Temex, France Telecom, Mint and Medals, Smurfit-Counter of the pine
    • Equipment: Hotel - Restaurant Ibis, Bell-tower, Side by side, Giant Shopping mall .
  • technological Park EUROPARC
    • environment of quality adapted to new technologies
    • Surface: 12 hectares
    • Branches of industry: data processing primarily
    • Many companies: 53
    • Number of employment: 2.300
    • Company-headlights: AXA Insurances, Atos Origin, France Telecom, Elyo-Ocean
  • Park of activities and Allotment of CANTERANNE (technological frontage of Pessac)
    • direct access with the main roads of communication of the agglomeration of Bordeaux
    • Surface: 9 hectares including 7.000 m2 of offices, for the park of activities, 55.000 m2 of ground for the allotment
    • Branches of industry: Park High Tech intended for the technological companies as at the companies of the Tertiary sector
    • Many companies: 43
    • Number of employment: 700
    • Company-headlights: Quick - France SA, Beghin-Say, Cap Gemini - France, Bureau Veritas, Diagast, Dormeca, Central Printing works of Bordeaux, Accumulators services
  • Park of activities of MAGELLAN (new space of development)
    • Surface: 15 hectares
    • Branches of industry: various
    • Many companies: 17
    • Number of employment: 300
    • Company-headlights: Proditec, Ricoh - France-South-west, Sew-Usocome Forclum, Alary, Plastic-Omnium, Seri
  • Park of activities of the GRAVERS
    • old cookie factory (the Cat Boot)
    • Surface: 5.840 m2
    • Branches of industry: various
    • Many companies: 15 SME and SME (on 4.500 m2 of buildings)
    • Number of employment: 115
    • Company-headlights: Lancry-monitoring Safety, Legrand, association of Insertion DESIRE, the activities Culture it (studio of repetition for Musician S, Cinema of animation, organization of Spectacle S) and on 1.340 m2, the Archaeological Center .
  • scientific Park UNITEC 1
    • immediate access to the potential of research and formation of the University Field.
    • gathers in the same place Recherche, Formation and Industrie.
    • Located on this park, the Pépinière of companies gives a support for the creation and the development of technological companies and/or scientists.
    • This device is supplemented by two hotels of companies dedicated to these activities.

Wine

Two large vintages of name Pessac Léognan (Serious):

  • wine Castle Pope-Clement (Clement V)
  • Castle Haut-Brion

Castle the Haut-Brion Carmelite friars

It is in 1584, that Jean de Pontac, owner of the house noble of Haut-Brion, 101 years old, made gift with the Grands Carmelite friars of Bordeaux of a Moulin, located on Peugue, named Moulin of Crespiac, with meadows, vines and other dependences.

The Brion term, of origin Gallic E, could mean Plaine or height compared to Peugue and with its Marais.

In 1630, the Carmes acquire of part of the “bourdieu” of Pillette with Crespiac. These vines are known as of Crespiac and Pillette. They are located on the plantier of aubrion, name of the time for all the territory of the slope of Graves.

Owner of the field during two hundred years, the Carmes had to yield it in 1791 at the time of the confiscation of the goods of the church, following the Révolution.
It was repurchased at the beginning of the 19th century by Leon Colin, wine merchant with Bordeaux, direct ancestor of the current owners, the Chantecaille-Furt family.

It is today the vineyard nearest to the doors of Bordeaux, an island of greenery of 4,7 Hectare S of name Pessac-Léognan, profiting from a Microclimat and a protection ideals thanks to its Mur of enclosure.

Small the Château builds with the 19th century and its Parc drawn by the Paysagiste Fischer, her fountain date of the 14th century.

The second wine is called the field of the Carmelite friars .

Haut-Brana castle

As of the 14th century, the mound of Caillau, name of a middle-class, knight of Bordeaux, is drawn up close to the Vigne S of the Pope Clement, with the locality “Brana”.

In 1626, this patch of land belongs to the house of Beautiful-Air (current Pope-Clement), and in an act of 1678, one evokes a vineyard plot to the plantier of Noës, with the locality “Brana”.

In 1695, this plot vineyard belongs to the stronghold of the Jésuites of the Prieuré Sainte Marie de Bardanac with Pessac.

At the 19th century, this Vignoble become Château Haut-Brana is the property of the Count S of Tanquerel of Panissais.

Located on highest gravelly Hill of the plate of Noës, in Pessac, and joint from the Castle Pope-Clement, it profits from an excellent exposure to the midday, its ground comprising 50% of Graves.

Today, classified Pessac-Léognan, it appeared formerly under name High-Serious.

It is the smallest vineyard of Pessac with a very confidential production.

Haut-Bacalan castle

In 1726, Montesquieu, already owner vine grower of the Castle of Brède, acquires of about thirty newspapers of Moors with Pessac, in a place where the low register had a suitable density in sand in order to plant Vigne there.

This field is identified under the name of High-Medoc on the Carte of Cassini.

In 1748, this field belongs to Mr. de Bacalan, rider, after acquisition with Mr. of Montesquieu.

At this time, this property is composed of a house and possession, like two vineyard plots surrounded by wood planted of Châtaignier S and pine S in order to protect them from the Gelée. The vines left the place in 1933 with an important farm devoted to the breeding of the Porc. Without production during 70 years, the vineyard was replanted in 1998 on its grounds. Classified Pessac-Léognan, this Castle made its first new harvest in 2001.

This seven vineyard Hectare S of Graves on Argile S is planted with majority of Merlot.

The Château the Mission Haut-Brion faces the Château Haut-Brion and belongs to the same owners but belonged to the commune bordering on Talence.

Culture and Leisures

Demonstrations

  • Festival of Rosière: the tradition of the Rosière was created by Saint Medard about the year 565 with Salency. It consists with the crown lies of the most virtuous young girl, most pious, most modest and who had moreover an irreproachable control both for it her family. First Rosière would have been the sister of Medard saint. In Pessac, this Fête takes place each year since 1896 the 1st Sunday of June. This traditional festival knew to evolve/move with time: thus since 1989, it became the festival of youth and Rosière has been from now on a young person girl from 18 to 22 years, born in Pessac or remaining there for more than 5 years, appreciated for its social activities, associative, sporting and presenting a project worthy of interest.
  • International festival of film of History: It takes place each year since 1990 in November and proposes a selection of 60 feature-length films (50 first years) on a topic of History given, roundtables, exposures and debates with the realizers. The design of the Festival of Pessac was the fact of Alain Rousset, then Maire of Pessac and Jean Lacouture, on the basis of of a marriage between the image and the Histoire, a homage to Jean Eustace native of Pessac, and the fruit of the work of a team of professionals of the cinema and historians: Jean-Christmas Jeanneney, Jean-Pierre Rioux, Stephan Khémis, Jean Labib, Pierre-Henri Deleau, Michel Eimer, Anne-Marie Cocula and Pierre Sadran. The festival is managed by Valerie Hannin.
  • Urban Vibrations: multi-field festival (amplified musics, sliding sports (BMX, Roller, Skate), Street Jam (tennis shoe of street), Graffiti, Dance Hip-hop) created in 1998 (12.000 festival in 2005), Bellegrave room.
  • International fair of Photographic art: organized by the Friendly Layman Pessacais Hope, sponsored by the photographic Federation of France (FPF) and the International federation of the Photographic art (FIAP), it takes place each year in February or March. Approximately 300 photographs, selected among the whole of the sendings, are exposed in the hall of the Town hall and the gallery of the Sociocultural Municipal Office.
  • African Festival
  • Spanish Festival (since 2005)
  • Fair with the Books

Community life

The number of associations pessacaises is raised, it exists about it indeed several hundreds. The house of associations their offer various services.

Religious organizations

  • the Friendly layman Pessacais Hope, founded in 1918 by E. Dulout, is one of oldest associations of Pessac. She currently counts several sections: the group of “Folk' dances”, the “Photo-Club Pessacais Hope” and the “Theater of the Minute Eleven”. In addition to the meetings reserved to the members, the Pessacais Hope also offers activities open to the public such as spectacles and exposures, in particular at the time of the International fair of photographic art.
  • the Music school Verthamon High Brion is an associative music school. Its teaching stresses the overall music, on all the training levels. Units are consisted by cycle and instrumental family. The whole with cords and wind (with percussions) amalgamates regularly in the shape of symphony orchestras. The school also has of a jazz band (Pessac Jazz Band) and a brass band of street (Brewers of Wind) bringing together pupils of great levels. All these units give many concerts and take part in exchanges with other structures throughout the year, in France like abroad.

Sports associations

On the Web: Site of the Municipal Office of the Sport of Pessac (pessac.fr/oms)

The SPUC (Stage Pessacais Union Club)

Founded in 1950. Head office: Castle of Bellegrave, AV of colonel Jacqui. Web site: spuc-omnisports.com

Disciplines: Aikido, English Boxing, French Boxing, Bowling, Fencing, Football, American football (Kangaroos of Pessac, in the second division ), Gymnastic, awakening Sport yew, Handball (pessac-handball.org, in National 3 , ''' Champions of France ''' of handball female in 1972), Judo/Jujitsu, Fight, Rugby (pessac.rugby.free.fr), Roller (spuc-roller.com, Chloé Seyres is lifting world champion 2006 of Roller in jump and slalom), Ski/Mountain, subaqueous Tennis, multi Sport S.

A.S.C.P.A. (Sports association and Cultural of Pessac Lark)

The ASCPA is a general sports Club created in 1970 and which joins together 27 sporting sections and of the cultural activities (Roleplays,…) and of the leisures (collections, Aéromodélisme,…).

The ASCPA Rugby is Champion of Money Côte of 3rd series and played the finale of the Championnat of France.

Aikido/Katana: aikidopessac.free.fr, Badminton, Boxing, Cycling, Bicycle touring, Dance, School multisport, Football, Gymnastic sporting and GRS, Adult gymnastics, Voluntary gymnastics, Grouping Motor bike escort, Haltérophilie, Judo, Karate, Kart cross-country race, Kendo: kendo.pessac.free.fr, Swimming, Ice-skating synchronized (Larks: alouettes-pessac.com), Sports shirt Bicycle, Skittle of seven, Excursion S pedestrian, Rugby: pessac.al.rugby.free.fr, Ski touring, Tennis, Volleyball, Yoga

The U.S.S.A.P. (Sporting union of Saige and the Friends of Pessac)

pessac.fr/oms/Associations/USSAP.htm

Baseball (Panthers of Pessac, National 1 , champions of France 2002 ), Boxing, Gymnastic voluntary, subaqueous Hockey, Skittle of seven, Vietnamese soldier Vo CAD

Other Clubs

Martial arts of Pessac Madran: Judo (taught by Cathy Arnaud (6th daN, ''' World champion ''' 1987 and 1989 (- 56kg), Champion of Europe 1987,1989 and 1990 (- 56kg), 7th with the Olympic Games in Barcelona (1992)) and Fabrice Garreau (International, Champion of France ), Jiu Jitsu Brazilian, Ju Jitsu and Self defense, Full-contact, Energy Full, Taï chi chuan, Aikido

Twinnings

Achievements of twinning: Exchanges school, sportsmen (Football, Basketball, Swimming), musical (Choral society S, orchestras), reception of student S Training S, exchanges of documents between the Media library S, organization alternatively, of a Beer festival with Pessac, and of a festival of the wine with Göppingen, mutual participation in Maientag and the festival of the Rosière.
Cultural exchanges (Spanish Festival in October with Pessac, Celebrates of San Pedro there San Pablo in Burgos at the end of June), sportsmen, artistic, gastronomical

Equipment

  • RN 250 known as road of Arcachon (old RN 650)
  • Many sports complexes like a nautical stage, a Golf of 27 holes and 9 holes compact.
  • Of the cinemas of which the Cinema Jean Eustace (5 air-conditioned rooms including one equipped with giant screen of 84 m ². 780 armchairs), member with the association of the cinemas of proximity of the the Gironde, as well as a regional pole of artistic education to the cinema in Aquitanian. The city accommodates a international festival of film of history.
  • the Media library of Camponac
  • the Theater Royal the
  • Bellegrave Room: Olivier Besancenot (on Thursday, April 5, 2007) and Lionel Jospin (on Thursday, May 3, 2007) was due to it of the meetings.
  • Discotheque the Pasha (pacha33.com) - 1 r Poudrière (road of Arcachon). 05.57.26.26 .00 - 6 rooms (Club Ibiza, 30/40, the Guinguette…)

Hospital and Private clinics

The southern hospital complex, Haut-Lévêque and Xavier-Arnozan, with his 1450 beds, are most recent of the three sites of CHU of Bordeaux.
  • Hospital Haut-Lévêque: one of the top-places of the Cardiology in France, also specialized in hépato- Gastro-enterology, Endocrinology, nelles diseases Nutrition and diabetology, respiratory diseases, Hematology, Nuclear medicine, Dermatology.
  • Xavier-Arnozan Hospital: become the specialized site of the CHU for the reception and the care intended for the elderly.
  • Clinical Mutualist Arnaud Duben
  • Clinical Saint Martin's day

Higher education

On the 240 hectares of the university Field of Pessac Talence Gradignan, one of vastest of Europe, 65% are in Pessac (districts of Brivazac, Saige and Compostelle), with about fifteen minutes in the car of Bordeaux.

The following establishments are located at Pessac:

  • Sciences Po Bordeaux (IEP)
  • University Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3 (Arts, Letters, Languages and Social sciences)
  • University Montesquieu Bordeaux 4 (Right, AES, Economy and Management)

Teaching

  • Colleges:
    • College Pope Clement: financed by the state and the Urban community of Bordeaux (CUB), this college, presented like the college of the Year 2000, was inaugurated on July 9th, 1987 by Jacques Chirac, then Prime Minister. Its initial capacity was of: 1100 pupils including 900 school lunchers. It was increased in 1990 and accommodates now: 1260 pupils and students.
    • Vocational school Philadelphe de Gerde.

Transport

detailed plan of network TBC in Pessac

Bus (Network TBC)

A Line of night circulates between 21:20 and 1:00:

Bus

It is about a network Citram
  • Ligne 602: Cestas - Canéjan - Bordeaux; 4 stops: EUROPARC, ARCHIMEDES; EIFFEL; UNITEC

Tram

Pessac is located on the Ligne B of the tram of Bordeaux.

Course and stations:

Pessac

  • Pessac Centers
  • Camponac Médiathèque
  • Pessac Bougnard (Drunk 44 , 45 )
  • Saige (Drunk 48 , 84 )
  • UNITEC (Drunk 34 , 35 , 43 , 46 , 81 , 84 , 35Exp )
  • Montaigne Montesquieu
  • Doyen Daughters-in-law
  • François Bordes

Talence:

  • Arts and Métiers (Drunk 34 , 35 , 41 , 84 , 21Exp , 35Exp )
  • Béthanie
  • Peixotto (Drunk 40 , 42 , 35Exp )
  • Forum
  • Roustaing
  • Barrier Saint-Genoa (Drunk 9 , 10 , 11 )

Bordeaux:

  • Bergonié
  • Saint Nicolas's Day
  • Victoire (Drunk 16 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 34 , 40 , 20Exp , 23Exp )
  • Musée of Aquitaine (Drunk 23 , 45 )
  • Town hall (Tram line )
  • Gambetta (Drunk 4 , 15 , 16 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 50Exp )
  • Large Theater
  • Quincunxes (Correspondence Tram line )

By-pass

Exits
- > Pessac - Center | Pessac - the Lark
- > Pessac - Saige | ZI Pessac | Hospitals Haut-Lévêque and Xavier Arnozan

Births

  • 1929 : Yvette Roudy, socialist minister
  • 1938: Jean Eustace, realizer and movie actor (+ 1981)
  • 1971: Thierry Foal-Rehm, academic
  • 1979: Myriam Borg-Korfanty, handballeuse

See too

Internal bonds

  • the Pessac-on-Dordogne, another town of the Gironde to the close name (its inhabitants are also called of Pessacais).
  • List of churches with bell-tower with offset clock

External bonds

  • Official site of the town hall of Pessac (Town hall-Pessac.fr)
  • Seen satellite of the commune of Pessac

Personalities

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