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Just south of Revel, where the land begins to slope upwards into the Montagne Noire regional park, is the Lac de Saint-Ferréol, a man-made lake dating from the seventeenth century which is linked to and supplies water to the Canal du Midi. For some time, the lake has been enjoyed by local residents and tourists as a place for walking ...
Toulouse, une métropole méridionale. Vingt siècles de vie urbaine (in French). Presses universitaires du Midi. ISBN 978-2-8107-0950-2; Papillault, Rémi; Girard, Laura; Marfaing, Jean-Loup (2016). Guide d'architecture du xx e siècle en Midi toulousain (in French). Presses universitaires du Mirail. ISBN 978-2-8107-0469-9.
Toulouse (/ t uː ˈ l uː z /, too-LOOZ; [4] French: ⓘ; Occitan: Tolosa) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania.The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, 150 kilometres (93 miles) from the Mediterranean Sea, 230 km (143 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean and 680 km (420 mi) from Paris.
This is a route-map template for the Canal du Midi, a waterway which extends from Toulouse, near the Iberian Peninsula, down to Étang de Thau, at the Mediterranean Sea in France. For a key to symbols, see {{ waterways legend }} .
Toulouse has two ports: the port de l'Embouchure is located at the junction of the Canal du Midi, the Canal de Brienne, and the Lateral canal of the Garonne while Port Saint-Sauveur is located in the centre of town near the Hall of Grains. There were two other ports in Toulouse but they were destroyed for urban development.
In 1825, when it was created, it was first called Boulevard de Matabiau. In 1852, he was given the name Napoléon, in honor of Emperor Napoleon III.After the fall of the Second Empire, from 1871 to 1873, it was the Boulevard du Vingt-Deux-Septembre, for September 22, 1792, the day of the proclamation of the First Republic.
Blagnac (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Blanhac) is a commune of the greater Toulouse area in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. The city hosts the aviation museum Aeroscopia . It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Toulouse , although governed by a separate council, [ 3 ] and is adjacent to it on the northwest side.
In Toulouse, the Garonne has been the cause of many floods, especially since its left bank is inhabited. The earliest records of floods are from around 1177. It is also recorded to have flooded in 1220, 1258, 1430, 1523, 1536 and in 1589, 1608, 1658, 1673, 1675, 1709, 1712, 1727, 1750, 1772, 1788, 1804 and 1810.