Blagnac (; oc, Blanhac) is a

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in the

Haute-Garonne Haute-Garonne (; oc, Nauta Garona, ; en, Upper Garonne) is a department in the Occitanie region of Southwestern France. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country' ...

department in southwestern

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. The city hosts the

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Aeroscopia. It is the third-largest

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of the city 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 fr ...

, although governed by a separate council, and is adjacent to it on the northwest side. It is a member of the

Toulouse Métropole Toulouse Métropole is one of the 20 French metropolises, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Toulouse. It is located in the Haute-Garonne department, in the Occitanie region, southern France. It was created in January 2015, ...

Geography

The river

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forms part of the commune's southern border, then flows into the

Garonne The Garonne (, also , ; Occitan, Catalan, Basque, and es, Garona, ; la, Garumna or ) is a river of southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux – ...

, which forms all of its eastern border. 38% percent of the area is made up of green spaces, mainly along the river Garonne and in parks.

Population

Economy

Airbus Airbus SE (; ; ; ) is a European multinational aerospace corporation. Airbus designs, manufactures and sells civil and military aerospace products worldwide and manufactures aircraft throughout the world. The company has three divisions: '' ...

and ATR have their head offices in Blagnac.

Education

Blagnac has a student capacity of 5,500 in seven nurseries (''écoles maternelles''), five primary schools, two high schools/junior high schools (''collèges''), one sixth form college/senior high school (''lycée''), and a private school. Public secondary schools:Enseignement du second degré
" Blagnac. Retrieved on September 4, 2016. * Collège Mermoz * Collège Henry-Guillaume * Lycée Saint-Exupéry The private school is Établissement Le Ferradou, serving primary through senior high. The European aircraft manufacturer

has also one of its eight worldwide training centres :

Airbus Training Centre Europe Airbus Training Centre Europe is one of the eight centres of the European aerospace company Airbus dedicated to airline pilot and engineer training. Located at Blagnac, close to Toulouse (France), the centre is approved by civil aviation authorit ...

Transport

Local transport is operated by Tisséo. Buses 70 and 71 run to ''Jeanne d'Arc'' (connection with Line B of the

Toulouse Metro The Toulouse Metro (french: Métro de Toulouse, oc, Mètro de Tolosa) is a rapid transit system serving Toulouse Métropole, France. It is the only Metro system in Occitanie. The city's public transport system was initially managed by the ''So ...

) and bus 66 runs to ''St Cyprien République'' (connection with Line A), both in the city centre. Bus 25 circles the suburb and stops at the Airport, and bus 17 connects Blagnac to Mondonville, toward the northwest. A shuttlebus (''navette'') connects the Airport to the city centre. A new

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way now operates southwards to the Toulouse ''Arènes'' station where it connects with Line A of the Metro.

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