department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in southwestern France, located west of Toulouse.
It has recently grown thanks to the development of the aeroplane industry in the nearby town of
Blagnac
Blagnac (; oc, Blanhac) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. The city hosts the aviation museum Aeroscopia.
It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Toulouse, although governed by a separate council, and is ...
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Population
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Pibracaises'' and ''Pibracais'' in French.
Sport
Pibrac has a
patinodrome {{Short description, Arena for inline speed skating
A patinodrome is an arena for inline speed skating. They are oval tracks similar to velodromes used for track cycling, but have flat straights and shallow-banked or no banked curves. They are ty ...
Saint Germaine Cousin
Germaine Cousin, also Germana Cousin, Germaine of Pibrac, or Germana, (1579–1601) is a French saint. She was born in 1579 to humble parents at Pibrac, a village from Toulouse.
Narrative
Of her, the Catholic Encyclopedia writes:
From her bir ...
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Monuments
The
Château de Pibrac
The Château de Pibrac is a converted 16th century castle in the ''commune'' of Pibrac in the Haute-Garonne ''département'' of France.
It was rebuilt in 1540 to replace the old manor house. The architect appears to be Nicolas Bachelier. Durin ...
is a converted 16th century
castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
Mairie de Pibrac.jpg, Town hall
Monument aux morts de Pibrac.jpg, War memorial
Eglise Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Pibrac.jpg, Church Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
Eglise Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Pibrac Intérieur.jpg, Church Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
Basilique de Sainte-Germaine de Pibrac façade.jpg, Basilica of St. Germaine
Chasse de Sainte-Germaine.jpg, The reliquary of Sainte-Germaine
Pibrac Groupe Scolaire Maurice Fonvieille.jpg,
Château de Pibrac.jpg,