Pessac

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Pessac
Commune
Chateau Haut-Brion
Chateau Haut-Brion
Flag of Pessac
Flag
Coat of arms of Pessac
Coat of arms
Location of Pessac
Pessac is located in France
Pessac
Pessac
Coordinates: 44°48′24″N 0°37′52″W / 44.8067°N 0.6311°W / 44.8067; -0.6311Coordinates: 44°48′24″N 0°37′52″W / 44.8067°N 0.6311°W / 44.8067; -0.6311
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentGironde
ArrondissementBordeaux
CantonPessac-1 and 2
IntercommunalityBordeaux Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Franck Raynal[1]
Area
1
38.82 km2 (14.99 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[2]
64,374
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
33318 /33600
Elevation12–56 m (39–184 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pessac (French pronunciation: [pɛsak] (About this soundlisten); Occitan: Peçac) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a member of the metropolis of Bordeaux, being the second-largest suburb of Bordeaux and located just southwest of it. Pessac is also home to the Montesquieu University, the Bordeaux Montaigne University, and the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux.

Geography[]

Pessac is located in the south of the Bordeaux metro area and is surrounded by Bordeaux, Talence, Gradignan, Canéjan, Cestas, Saint-Jean-d'Illac and Mérignac.

The western part of the commune is part of the Landes de Bordeaux.



Mérignac,
St-Jean-d'Illac

Mérignac

Mérignac, Bordeaux

St-Jean-d'Illac
Pessac
Talence

St-Jean-d'Illac, Cestas
Canéjan
Gradignan

History[]

Early in World 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 in Paris, 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[]

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
  • - Romainville
  • Toctoucau

Heritage[]

Wineries[]

Located on the Pessac-Léognan appellation, there are several wineries, including the oldest of the Bordeaux wine regions, château Haut-Brion.

Cité Frugès[]

Main article: Cité Frugès de Pessac

Built by Le Corbusier in 1926, the district is an experimental housing for workers. This is one of the 17 architectural works of Le Corbusier listed as UNESCO heritage since 2016.[5]

  • Cité Frugès, Pessac 08.jpg
  • Cité Frugès, Pessac 01.jpg

Casino district[]

Quarter built in the 1900s with a resort city architecture.

  • Villa Girofla

  • Villa Mimosa

  • Villa Tour

  • Villa Booz

  • Villa Radieuse

Others[]

  • Town hall

  • Church of Saint Martin

  • Music school

  • Moulin de Noès

  • Castel du bourg, private house

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,430—    
1800 1,336−0.97%
1806 1,414+0.95%
1821 1,349−0.31%
1831 1,502+1.08%
1836 1,341−2.24%
1841 1,708+4.96%
1846 1,785+0.89%
1851 2,094+3.24%
1856 2,334+2.19%
1861 2,537+1.68%
1866 2,676+1.07%
1872 4,743+10.01%
1876 3,103−10.06%
1881 3,227+0.79%
1886 3,759+3.10%
1891 3,944+0.97%
1896 4,411+2.26%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 4,239−0.79%
1906 4,612+1.70%
1911 5,234+2.56%
1921 6,691+2.49%
1926 8,268+4.32%
1931 10,706+5.30%
1936 13,004+3.97%
1946 17,769+3.17%
1954 19,226+0.99%
1962 24,281+2.96%
1968 36,986+7.27%
1975 51,360+4.80%
1982 50,267−0.31%
1990 51,055+0.19%
1999 56,143+1.06%
2007 57,851+0.38%
2012 59,223+0.47%
2017 63,808+1.50%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)[7]

Education[]

9 Kindergartens

  • École maternelle Alouette
  • École maternelle Cap de Bos
  • École maternelle François Mauriac
  • École maternelle Joliot-Curie
  • École maternelle Le Colombier
  • École maternelle Le Monteil
  • École maternelle Le Pontet
  • École maternelle Montesquieu
  • École maternelle Pape Clément

15 Grade schools

  • École primaire Cap de Bos
  • École primaire Édouard Herriot
  • École primaire Jacques Cartier
  • École primaire Joliot-Curie
  • École primaire Montesquieu
  • École primaire Pierre Castaing
  • École primaire Toctoucau
  • École Aristide Briand
  • École de Magonty
  • École Georges Leygues
  • École Jean Cordier
  • École Jeanne d'Arc Assomption
  • École Jules Ferry
  • École Roland Dorgelès
  • École Saint Exupéry

5 Middle schools

3 High schools

  •  [fr]:[12] financed by the French government and the Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux (CUB), this school, presented as the high school of the year 2000, was inaugurated on 9 July 1987 by Jacques Chirac, then Prime Minister. Its initial capacity was 1,100 students including 900 "demi-pensionnaires". It was expanded in 1990 and now holds 1,260 students.
  • Lycée Sans Frontière
  • Lycée professionnel Philadelphe de Gerde[13]

Transportation[]

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 on line B of the Tramway de Bordeaux.

Personalities[]

  • 1929: Yvette Roudy, socialist minister
  • 1938: Jean Eustache, film actor and director (d. 1981)
  • 1953: Patrice Brun (historian)
  • 1971: , university
  • 1979: Myriam Borg-Korfanty [fr], handball player
  • 1980: (18 August)  [fr], matador

Twin towns - sister cities[]

Pessac is twinned with:[14]

  • Burkina Faso Banfora, Burkina Faso
  • Spain Burgos, Spain
  • Romania Galați, Romania
  • Germany Göppingen, Germany
  • Portugal Viana do Castelo, Portugal

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ federation-quartiers-pessac.com Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "L'Œuvre architecturale de le Corbusier, une contribution exceptionnelle au Mouvement Moderne".
  6. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Pessac, EHESS. (in French)
  7. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  8. ^ (site web) Archived 2007-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ (site web) Archived 2005-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ (site web) Archived 2005-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ (site web : http://www.h-hoster.com/jeanne/index.php)
  12. ^ (site web) Archived 2007-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ (site web) Archived 2007-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "Villes Jumelles". jumelage-pessac.org (in French). Comité jumelage Pessac. Retrieved 16 November 2019.

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