Toulouse
Toulouse could be a town within the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It lies on the banks of the stream Garonne, halfway between the Atlantic and also the Mediterranean Sea, and 590 kilometer (366 mi) removed from Paris. With 1,202,889 inhabitants as of one Jan 2008,the city metropolitan space is that the fourth-largest in France, when Paris (12.1 million), Lyon (2.1 million), and Marseille (1.7 million).
Toulouse is that the centre of the ecu part trade, with the headquarters of airliner, Galileo positioning system, the SPOT satellite system, and CNES's city house Centre (CST), the biggest house centre in Europe.Thales Alenia house, and Astrium Satellites, EADS's satellite system subsidiary, even have a major presence in city. Its world known university is one in all the oldest in Europe (founded in 1229) and, with over ninety seven,000 students, is that the third-largest university field of France when Paris and metropolis.
Toulouse was the capital of the previous province of Languedoc (provinces were abolished throughout the French Revolution). it's currently the capital of the Midi-Pyrénées region, the biggest region in metropolitan France. it's additionally the capital of the Haute-Garonne department.
