Ernest-Argelès stadium is a French

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stadium with a capacity of 4,000 seats located in

Blagnac Blagnac (; ) is a Communes of France, commune of the greater Toulouse area in the Haute-Garonne Departments of France, department in southwestern France. The city hosts the aviation museum Aeroscopia. It is the third-largest suburb of the city o ...

(in the close vicinity of

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Description

Ernest-Argelès stadium is located on the sports complex of Ramier. It has the particularity of being close to the

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River on the opposite bank from the Ernest-Wallon Stadium of the

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clubs

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, in the third division, and Blagnac Saint-Orens RF, in the women's Premier division, play there their home games.

Olympique played

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in the

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between 2016 and 2019 as the

Stade des Minimes Stade des Minimes, also known Stade Arnauné, is a rugby league stadium in Toulouse, France. It is the home ground of Toulouse Olympique Broncos. History Stade des Minimes has been the home of Toulouse Olympique since their founding in 1937. ...

was not available. In 2020 they came to an agreement with

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Toulousain to play their matches at

Stade Ernest Wallon The Stade Ernest-Wallon (; ; ) is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Sept Deniers district of Toulouse, in southwestern France. Described as a "temple to the oval ball", it is the home ground for the rugby union club Stade Toulousain and th ...

until 2029.

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