Pessac

French commune
native_name= Commune de Pessac


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region= Aquitaine
department= Gironde
arrondissement= Bordeaux
canton=Pessac 1/Pessac 2
intercomm= Urban Community of Bordeaux
mayor= Pierre Auger
mandat= 2001-2008
longitude= 0.631111111111
latitude= 44.8066666667
alt moy=
alt mini= 12
alt maxi= 56 m
km²= 38.82
hectares= 3882
population= 56,143
date-population= 1999
dens= 1446.2
date-dens= 1999
insee= 33318
cp= 33600

Pessac ( _oc. Peçac) is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.

It is the second-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is adjacent to it on the southwest. It is a member of the metropolitan Urban Community of Bordeaux. Pessac is also home to the Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, the Université Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux III, 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 et Mérignac.

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

Bus

It is a Citram network. [ [http://citram.com Site Citram] ]
* Line 602 : Cestas - Canéjan - Bordeaux; 4 stops : EUROPARC, ARCHIMEDE; EIFFEL; UNITEC

Tramway

Pessac is located on line B of the Tramway de Bordeaux.

Route and stations:

Pessac
* Pessac Centre
* Camponac Médiathèque
* Pessac Bougnard (Bus 44, 45)
* Saige (Bus 48, 84)
* UNITEC (Bus 34, 35, 43, 46, 81, 84, 35Exp)
* Montaigne Montesquieu
* Doyen Brus
* François Bordes

Talence :
* Arts et Métiers (Bus 34, 35, 41, 84, 21Exp, 35Exp)
* Béthanie
* Peixotto (Bus 40, 42, 35Exp)
* Forum
* Roustaing
* Barrière Saint-Genès (Bus 9, 10, 11)

Bordeaux :
* Bergonié
* Saint-Nicolas
* Victoire (Bus 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 34, 40, 20Exp, 23Exp)
* Musée d'Aquitaine (Bus 23, 45)
* Hôtel de Ville (Tramway line )
* Gambetta (Bus 4, 15, 16, 50, 51, 52, 50Exp)
* Grand Théâtre
* Quinconces (Correspondance Tramway line )

= Rocade =

Exits
13 -> Pessac"-Centre" | Pessac"-L'Alouette"
14 -> Pessac"-Saige" | ZI Pessac | Hopitaux Haut-Lévêque et Xavier Arnozan

Births

* 1929: Yvette Roudy, socialist minister
* 1938: Jean Eustache, film actor and director (d. 1981)
* 1971: Thierry Poulain-Rehm, university
* 1979: Myriam Borg-Korfanty, handball player
* 1980: (18 August) Julien Lescarret, matador

References

ee also

* Château Haut-Brion
* Pessac-Léognan, wine appellation

External links

* [http://www.mairie-pessac.fr/ Official website]