Toulouse

Occitanie's main metropolis

Toulouse is a city in southwestern France, the fourth-largest in the country and capital of the Occitanie region.

Known as "la ville rose" (the pink city) for its distinctive terra-cotta brick architecture, it serves as a major center for the European aerospace industry: Airbus is headquartered in Toulouse.

The city has a prominent university and was historically a center of Occitan culture.

aerospace

Airbus

European aircraft manufacturer

  • ConcordeSupersonic passenger aircraft
  • A380Largest commercial passenger aircraft
  • ArianeFrench-built space launcher

satellites · aviation · engineers · assembly · manufacturing · pilots · aeronautics · hangars

historic

medieval

Of the Middle Ages

counts · pastel · woad · ramparts · cathedral · archbishopric · merchants · pilgrimage · consuls

metropolis

Bordeaux

French port and vineyard area

Carcassonne

city

Jacobins

French revolutionary faction

French

francophone

Native speaker of French

accent · patois · langue

artistic

galleries

Spaces for displaying art

bohemian · portraiture · lithographs

rugby

Heineken

Dutch pilsner brand

supporters · finals · pack · hooker · fullback

Categories
Opposites
French urban hierarchy

ToulouseParis

France's chief city

Lille · Rouen · Reims · Orléans · Île-de-France

European aerospace cities

ToulouseSeattle

Pacific Northwest metropolis

Wichita · Everett · Hamburg · Bristol

urban character and industry

ToulouseFrankfurt

German financial capital

London · Paris · Brussels · Milan · Zurich

Family

Toulouse-Lautrec

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G