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Pessac

Field	Value
name	Pessac
commune status	Commune
image	Haut Brion exterior.jpg
caption	Chateau Haut-Brion
image flag	Ville_de_Pessac_2020.svg
image coat of arms	Blason ville fr Pessac (Gironde).svg
arrondissement	Bordeaux
canton	Pessac-1 and 2
intercommunality	Bordeaux Métropole
mayor	Franck Raynal
term	2020–2026
coordinates
elevation min m	12
elevation max m	56
area km2	38.82
population
population date
population footnotes
INSEE	33318
postal code	33600

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Pessac (Gironde).svg

Pessac (; ) 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 home to Bordeaux Montaigne University, the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux, and the main production facility of the Monnaie de Paris. It is also in the Pessac-Léognan wine region.

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.

History

The Hôtel de Ville was established in 1868.

Early in World War II (June 22, 1940), the town was the scene of a quadruple execution on the firing range of Verthamon. Four communist militants, one of whom, Roger Rambaud, was 17-years-old, were among the escapees from the military prison in Paris, were killed secretly by soldiers of the Third Republic. This case, classified "Secret Defense" for 70 years, was revealed by historian Jacky Tronel, in a 2010 article in the history journal Arkheia, which focuses on the history of the French Great South-West region.{{cite journal |first=Jacky |last=Tronel |title=Pessac : ces quatre fusillés dont on ne parle pas |lang=fr |trans-title=Pessac: these four shot people who we don't talk about |journal=Arkheia |date=2010 |issue=22 |publisher=Maison des Sciences de L'Homme

In 1973, the main production facility of the Monnaie de Paris moved to Pessac.

Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods of Pessac :

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
Magonty - Romainville
Toctoucau

Heritage

Wineries

Located on the Pessac-Léognan appellation, there are several wineries, including Château Haut-Brion.

File:Haut Brion exterior.jpg|Château Haut-Brion File:Photographie Château les Carmes-Haut-Brion.jpg|Château Les Carmes 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 a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2016.

File:Cité Frugès, Pessac 08.jpg File:Cité Frugès, Pessac 01.jpg

Casino district

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

Others

Population

| graph-pos = bottom |1793 |1430 |1800 |1336 |1806 |1414 |1821 |1349 |1831 |1502 |1836 |1341 |1841 |1708 |1846 |1785 |1851 |2094 |1856 |2334 |1861 |2537 |1866 |2676 |1872 |4743 |1876 |3103 |1881 |3227 |1886 |3759 |1891 |3944 |1896 |4411 |1901 |4239 |1906 |4612 |1911 |5234 |1921 |6691 |1926 |8268 |1931 |10706 |1936 |13004 |1946 |17769 |1954 |19226 |1962 |24281 |1968 |36986 |1975 |51360 |1982 |50267 |1990 |51055 |1999 |56143 |2007 |57851 |2012 |59223 |2017 |63808

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

Collège Alouette
Collège François Mitterrand (Ladonne)
Collège Gérard Philipe
Collège Pessac (Noès)
Collège Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc Assomption

3 High schools

Lycée Pape-Clément: financed by the French government, "Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine" and "Bordeaux Métropole"; was presented as the high school of the year 2000. It 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 1,475 students.
Lycée Sans Frontière
Lycée professionnel Philadelphe de Gerde

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
1979: Myriam Korfanty, handball player, Olympian

Twin towns - sister cities

Pessac is twinned with:

BFA Banfora, Burkina Faso
ESP Burgos, Spain
ROU Galați, Romania
GER Göppingen, Germany
POR Viana do Castelo, Portugal

References

(2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
(2022). "Pessac Illustré". Les Passeurs de Memoire de Pessac.
Cittone, Jean. (21 May 2024). "24 millions de pièces de 2 euros pour les JO : à Pessac, l'usine de la Monnaie de Paris en pleine effervescence". [[Le Figaro]].
[http://www.federation-quartiers-pessac.com/quartiers/Quartiers.html federation-quartiers-pessac.com] {{webarchive. link. (2008-09-14)
"L'Œuvre architecturale de le Corbusier, une contribution exceptionnelle au Mouvement Moderne".
{{Cassini-Ehess. 26588. Pessac
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-33318#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
[http://www.ac-bordeaux.fr/Etablissement/CAlouettePessac (site web)] {{webarchive. link. (2007-03-19)
[http://www.ac-bordeaux.fr/Etablissement/CGPhilipePessac (site web)] {{webarchive. link. (2005-03-10)
[http://www.ac-bordeaux.fr/Etablissement/CNoesPessac (site web)] {{webarchive. link. (2005-03-10)
[http://www.h-hoster.com/jeanne/index.php (site web : http://www.h-hoster.com/jeanne/index.php)]
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"Villes Jumelles". Comité jumelage Pessac.

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