Talence

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

(2020–2026) Emmanuel Sallaberry^[1]Area8.35 km² (3.22 sq mi)Population45,225 • Density5,400/km² (14,000/sq mi)Demonym(s)Talençais(e) (French)
talancés, talancesa (Occitan)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation2–29 m (6.6–95.1 ft)
(avg. 15 m or 49 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Talence (French pronunciation: [talɑ̃s], locally [taˈlãⁿsə]; Occitan: Talança, [taˈlanso]; Catalan: Talença, [tǝˈlensǝ]) is a commune in the Gironde department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is adjacent to it on the south side. It is a member of the Bordeaux Métropole.

Talence is the home of Décastar, a prestigious yearly international decathlon event.

In Talence, there are different universities: Bordeaux University, Architecture School of Bordeaux and KEDGE Business School.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,489 —     1800 1,181 −3.26% 1806 1,340 +2.13% 1821 1,194 −0.77% 1831 1,322 +1.02% 1836 1,288 −0.52% 1841 1,232 −0.89% 1846 1,402 +2.62% 1851 1,434 +0.45% 1856 1,693 +3.38% 1861 2,430 +7.50% 1866 2,577 +1.18% 1872 3,604 +5.75% 1876 3,873 +1.82% 1881 4,621 +3.59% 1886 6,642 +7.53% 1891 7,921 +3.58% 1896 9,221 +3.09%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 11,227 +4.02% 1906 11,832 +1.06% 1911 13,224 +2.25% 1921 15,823 +1.81% 1926 17,130 +1.60% 1931 18,944 +2.03% 1936 20,380 +1.47% 1946 21,650 +0.61% 1954 22,695 +0.59% 1962 25,874 +1.65% 1968 29,161 +2.01% 1975 34,127 +2.27% 1982 34,692 +0.23% 1990 34,485 −0.07% 1999 37,210 +0.85% 2007 40,940 +1.20% 2012 41,358 +0.20% 2017 42,606 +0.60%
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Geography

Talence is situated with Bordeaux to the North, Bègles to the East, Villenave-d'Ornon to the South-East, Gradignan to the South-West, and Pessac to the West.

Climate

Sights

• Jardin botanique de Talence

Personalities

• Romain Brégerie, footballer
• Mireille Bousquet-Mélou, mathematician
• José Bové, radical activist
• Jérôme Cahuzac, politician
• Jules Carvallo, engineer
• Gérald Cid, footballer
• Émile Durkheim, sociologist, lived from 1887 to 1897 in Talence
• Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
• Florian Marange, professional footballer. He plays for the left side defender at SC Bastia
• Thierry Meyssan, writer
• Ed Tourriol, cartoonist

International relations

Talence is twinned with:

• Trikala, Greece
• Alcalá de Henares, Spain
• Chaves, Portugal

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department

References

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