Colomiers is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Haute-Garonne

Haute-Garonne

Haute-Garonne is a department in the southwest of France named after the Garonne river. Its main city is Toulouse.-History:Haute-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Languedoc.The...

 department in southwestern France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

.

It is the largest suburb

Suburb

The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...

 of the city of Toulouse

Toulouse

Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...

, and is adjacent to it on the west side. It is a member of the Urban community of Greater Toulouse.

Population

Transportation

In 1971 it became the first area of France to offer zero-fare public transport, which is still in operation at present.

Education

There is an international school in Colomiers (International School of Toulouse

International School of Toulouse

The International School of Toulouse is a co-educational school located in Colomiers, near Toulouse, in south west France.According to the school's web site, "The International School of Toulouse is owned and governed by a wholly owned subsidiary of Airbus, Airbus Mobility SAS...

 or IST) which is run by Airbus

Airbus

Airbus SAS is an aircraft manufacturing subsidiary of EADS, a European aerospace company. Based in Blagnac, France, surburb of Toulouse, and with significant activity across Europe, the company produces around half of the world's jet airliners....

 and which prepares for the International Baccalaureate, and a Lycée International including a German school (Deutsche Schule Toulouse, DST).

External links

• Official website