"Toulouse" Examples
Usage Examples of the Word "Toulouse"
Toulouse is the capital of the southwestern French department of Haute-Garonne and of the region of Occitanie. As of 2019, it has a population of 479,422 inhabitants, making it the fourth-largest city of metropolitan France.
The École Nationale de l'Aviation Civile (ENAC – the French civil aviation university), theacher training school for the Wizz Air Training Centre for pilots, and a centre for Radar and Communication are located in Toulouse.
Toulouse is home to one of Europe's most prestigious universities, the INP.
The Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) industry is notably concentrated in Toulouse, employing 24,000 people in over 100 firms or spin-offs.
The city is also home to the Airbus airliner division (formerly Airbus Industrie prior to the merger with the defence and space sector, Airbus), to the ATR (Avions de Transport Régional, a leading regional aircraft manufacturer), to the Cryogenic or consumables industrialist Air Liquide, and to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).