Colomiers

Colomiers

*Colomèrs* (Occitan)
Colomiers Colomèrs (Occitan)
Commune
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
	Colomiers Colomiers
	Coordinates: 43°36′50″N 1°20′12″E / 43.6139°N 1.3367°ECoordinates: 43°36′50″N 1°20′12″E / 43.6139°N 1.3367°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Toulouse
Canton	Toulouse-7
Intercommunality	Toulouse Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Karine Traval-Michelet
Area 1	20.83 km2 (8.04 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31149 /31770
Elevation	145–191 m (476–627 ft) ; (avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Colomiers (French pronunciation: [kɔlɔmje]; Occitan: Colomèrs) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is the largest suburb of the city of Toulouse, and is adjacent to it on the west side. It is a member of the Toulouse Métropole.

Population

Historical population

Source: EHESS^[1] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[2]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Columérins or Columérines.

In 1971 it became the first area of France to offer zero-fare public transport, but had to cancel this project in 2016.^[3]

There are nine public preschools (maternelles) and six public elementary schools.^[4] There are four public junior high schools (collèges): Léon Blum, Victor Hugo, Jean Jaurès, and Voltaire. There are two public senior high schools, Lycée International Victor Hugo and Lycée des Métiers de l'électrotechnique, de la maintenance et Chaudronnerie Eugène-Montel.^[5]

There is an international school in Colomiers (International School of Toulouse or IST) which is run by Airbus and which prepares for the International Baccalaureate, and, within the international lycée, a German school (Deutsche Schule Toulouse, DST). English 31, supported by Airbus, provides English-language tuition.

There is also a private preschool, elementary and middle school, Institution « Sainte-Thérèse ».^[4]

US Colomiers is a French rugby union club based in Colomiers.

^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Colomiers, EHESS. (in French)
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Colomiers: La fin des bus gratuits".
^ ^a ^b "Groupes scolaires Archived 2016-10-05 at the Wayback Machine." Colomiers. Retrieved on October 3, 2016.
^ "Collèges et lycées Archived 2016-10-05 at the Wayback Machine." Colomiers. Retrieved on October 3, 2016.