General Information about Toulouse

Young, modern and dynamic: Toulouse!

This city tingles your spine with a Latin heat that inspires both its temperature and architecture. Toulouse is the 4th largest French city, in the heart of southwestern France. The town is ideally located halfway between the Pyrénées Mountains, the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Toulouse is traversed by the Garonne River and the charming Canal du Midi.

The city seduces by its small sinuous streets and diverse medieval to modern monuments, as the City Hall and its Donjon (XVIth), or the numerous noble townhouses (XVIth-XIXth). Toulouse is a cosmopolitan and enthusiastic town, mixing historical heritage and modern lifestyle.

Toulouse has one of the most intense cultural calendars sustained by one of the best symphonic orchestra of France, a variety of music festivals and theaters, and a large variety of museums. Gastronomic specialties include the famous ‘saucisse de Toulouse’, the ‘Cassoulet’, and the delicate ‘foie gras’.

The university, founded in 1229, is the third largest in France, one of the oldest in Europe. Major fields are Aeronautics, Electronics and Electrotechnics, Agronomy, Health Sciences and Earth and Planetary Sciences.

The Toulouse region has
pleasant temperate climate at
the beginning of the summer (~ 25°C).

Toulouse is also well known for its rugby union club Stade Toulousais - you may even hear that the Stade is the best team in the world. Besides rugby there all kind of individual and team sports. You will find everything from the professional level to the leisury amateur level. Maybe you will try to play some petanque and combine physical activity and friendly atmosphere.