Pessac

Pessac is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a member of the metropolis of Bordeaux, being the second-largest suburb of Bordeaux and located just southwest of it.
Pessac is home to Bordeaux Montaigne University, the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux, and the main production facility of the Monnaie de Paris. It is also in the Pessac-Léognan wine region.

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Geography

Pessac is located in the south of the Bordeaux metro area and is surrounded by Bordeaux, Talence, Gradignan, Canéjan, Cestas, Saint-Jean-d'Illac and Mérignac.
The western part of the commune is part of the Landes de Bordeaux.

History

The Hôtel de Ville was established in 1868.
Early in World War II, the town was the scene of a quadruple execution on the firing range of Verthamon. Four communist militants, one of whom, Roger Rambaud, was 17-years-old, were among the escapees from the military prison in Paris, were killed secretly by soldiers of the Third Republic. This case, classified "Secret Defense" for 70 years, was revealed by historian Jacky Tronel, in a 2010 article in the history journal Arkheia, which focuses on the history of the French Great South-West region.
In 1973, the main production facility of the Monnaie de Paris moved to Pessac.

Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods of Pessac :

Verthamon
Les échoppes
Brivazac - Candau
Noës
Pessac-bourg
Casino
Sardine
Chiquet
Compostelle - La Paillère
Le Monteil
CCLAPS - La Chataigneraie
Saige - Formanoir
3 M
France - L'Alouette
Cap de Bos
Magonty - Romainville
Toctoucau

Heritage

Wineries

Located on the Pessac-Léognan appellation, there are several wineries, including Château Haut-Brion.

Cité Frugès

Built by Le Corbusier in 1926, the district is an experimental housing for workers. This is one of the 17 architectural works of Le Corbusier listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2016.

Casino district

Quarter built in the 1900s with a resort city architecture.

Education

9 Kindergartens
15 Grade schools
5 Middle schools

Collège Alouette
Collège François Mitterrand
Collège Gérard Philipe
Collège Pessac
Collège Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc Assomption

3 High schools

Lycée Pape-Clément: financed by the French government, "Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine" and "Bordeaux Métropole"; was presented as the high school of the year 2000. It was inaugurated on 9 July 1987 by Jacques Chirac, then Prime Minister. Its initial capacity was 1,100 students including 900 "demi-pensionnaires". It was expanded in 1990 and now holds 1,475 students.
Lycée Sans Frontière
Lycée professionnel Philadelphe de Gerde

Transportation

Pessac has a railway station on the westbound line from Bordeaux, Gare de Pessac. Pessac is also served by the urban transport network of the Bordeaux agglomeration, Transports Bordeaux Métropole.
Pessac is located on line B of the Tramway de Bordeaux.

Personalities

1929: Yvette Roudy, socialist minister
1938: Jean Eustache, film actor and director
1953: Patrice Brun, historian
1979: Myriam Korfanty, handball player, Olympian

Twin towns - sister cities

Pessac is twinned with:

Banfora, Burkina Faso
Burgos, Spain
Galați, Romania
Göppingen, Germany
Viana do Castelo, Portugal