Talence (, ; oc, Talança, ; ca, Talença, ) is a
commune in the
Gironde
Gironde ( US usually, , ; oc, Gironda, ) is the largest department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. Named after the Gironde estuary, a major waterway, its prefecture is Bordeaux. In 2019, it had a population of 1,62 ...
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, ...
, administrative region of
Nouvelle-Aquitaine,
France.
It is the third-largest
suburb
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of the city of
Bordeaux, and is adjacent to it on the south side. It is a member of the
Bordeaux Métropole.
Talence is the home of
Décastar, a prestigious yearly international
decathlon
The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δÎκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...
event.
In Talence, there are different universities:
Bordeaux University
The University of Bordeaux (French: ''Université de Bordeaux'') is a public university based in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
It has several campuses in the cities and towns of Bordeaux, Dax, Gradignan, Périgueux, Pessac, and Ta ...
,
Architecture School of Bordeaux and
KEDGE Business School.
Population
Geography
Talence is situated with
Bordeaux to the North,
Bègles to the East,
Villenave-d'Ornon
Villenave d’Ornon (; Gascon: ''Vilanava d’Ornon'') is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
It is the fourth-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is located to its south side. Thus, it i ...
to the South-East,
Gradignan to the South-West, and
Pessac to the West.
Climate
Sights
*
Jardin botanique de Talence
Personalities
*
Romain Brégerie, footballer
*
Mireille Bousquet-Mélou
Mireille Bousquet-Mélou (born May 12, 1967) is a French mathematician who specializes in enumerative combinatorics and who works as a senior researcher for the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) at the computer science department ...
, mathematician
*
José Bové, radical activist
*
Jérôme Cahuzac, politician
*
Jules Carvallo,
engineer
*
Gérald Cid, footballer
*
Émile Durkheim, sociologist, lived from 1887 to 1897 in Talence
*
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
*
Florian Marange
Florian Marange (born 3 March 1986) is a French former professional footballer, who played as a left-back. His former clubs include Girondins de Bordeaux and Crystal Palace.
Career
Marange began his career in 2002 with Girondins de Bordeaux an ...
, professional footballer. He plays for the left side defender at
SC Bastia
*
Thierry Meyssan, writer
*
Ed Tourriol, cartoonist
International relations
Talence is
twinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
*
Trikala,
Greece
*
Alcalá de Henares
Alcalá de Henares () is a Spanish city in the Community of Madrid. Straddling the Henares River, it is located to the northeast of the centre of Madrid. , it has a population of 193,751, making it the region's third-most populated Municipalities ...
,
Spain
*
Chaves, Portugal
Chaves () is a city and a municipality in the north of Portugal. It is 10 km south of the Spanish border and 22 km south of VerÃn (Spain). The population in 2011 was 41,243, in an area of 591.23 km2. The municipality is the second ...
See also
*
Communes of the Gironde department
References
External links
Official website
Communes of Gironde
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