Montaudran () is a suburb of

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Pa ...

situated to the south east of the city (''secteur 5''), by the

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river. It is notable thanks to the Aéropostale company and its

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which was the base for the aeronautical pioneers between 1917 and 1933 who established the first commercial air routes with postal flights to Casablanca,

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... and on to

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. 500 m further north is a group of two primary schools (originally one boys', one girls') and a nursery school named after one of the Aéropostale pilots, Henri Guillaumet. Montraudan is also the home of a well-frequented sports association with a rugby section.

Aerodrome

Toulouse-Montaudran Airport Toulouse-Montaudran Airport is a former French airport located in the district of Montaudran in the municipality of Toulouse in the Haute-Garonne department of the region of Occitanie. History Created in 1917 by Pierre-Georges Latécoère ...

, disused since 1 January 2004. The runway is crossed by a road and is situated to the south of and parallel to the Toulouse-Narbonne railway track. Until the 1970s, the Breguet aircraft factories used it as a take off and landing test runway for aircraft under repair (manufacture having moved to

Colomiers Colomiers (; oc, Colomèrs; Languedocien dialect: ''Colomièrs'') is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitania region in Southwestern France. With a population of 39,968 as of 2019, it is the largest suburb of the city of Toul ...

). The runway was taken out of use and has been obstructed by blocks of concrete where the road crosses it. The last flight of an aeroplane from Montaudran was on 18 December 2003.

Urbanism

Montaudran is undergoing

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. Housing is being built to prepare the area to receive the ''Aerospace Campus'' to be built on the old runway between the railway and the ring road. It is expected to be the most productive aeronautical campus in Europe, and the future base of the Galileo satellite navigation system.

Public transport

Montaudran is served by: * the SNCF Gare de Montaudran * bus lines 51, 68 and 108 operated by Tisséo There is a possibility of a new transport link by the

Toulouse tramway The Toulouse tramway (french: Tramway de Toulouse) is a two-line tram system in Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, France, and operates from Toulouse to the suburb of Beauzelle, passing through Blagnac. The Line T1 tramway serves 24 stations, and runs ov ...

References

External links

Association pour la sauvegarde de Montaudran
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