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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.
The history of Toulouse, in Occitania, southern France, traces back to ancient times. After Roman rule, the city was ruled by the Visigoths and Merovingian and Carolingian Franks . Capital of the County of Toulouse during the Middle Ages , today it is the capital of the Midi-Pyrénées region.
1903 July: 1903 Tour de France bicycle race passes through Toulouse. Toulouse Business School established.; 1906 - Population: 125,856 town; 149,438 commune. [5]1907 - Musée du Vieux Toulouse [] founded.
Travel site Lonely Planet named Toulouse the best city to visit in 2025, but I found the French city felt like an underwhelming college town. I spent 48 hours in the 'top city to visit' in 2025.
The borders of the department follow the river. The Garonne enters France from Spain at the town of Fos, and goes through Toulouse and leaves the department. The extreme south of the department lies in the Pyrenees mountain range and is very mountainous. The highest elevation is the Peak of Perdiguère, at 3,222 meters (10,571 feet) above sea ...
The Parlement of Toulouse was the supreme court of justice for this vast area of France, the court of last resort whose rulings could not be appealed, not even to the Parlement of Paris. The Parlement of Toulouse could also create case law through its decisions, as well as interpret the law. It was also in charge of registering new royal edicts ...
The County of Foix [32] is an old French county created out of the County of Carcassonne in around 1050 [32] for Bernard Roger, [32] son of Roger I of Carcassonna. [32] In 1398, the county passed to House of Grailly [ 32 ] and, in 1458, King Charles VII of France raised it to the Peerage of France in favor of Gaston IV, Count of Foix .
View from a part of the old town of Toulouse, former capital of Languedoc Port de la Lune, Bordeaux. Occitania includes the following regions: The southern half of France: Provence, Drôme-Vivarais, Auvergne, Limousin, Guyenne, Gascony, southern Dauphiné and Languedoc. French is now the dominant language in this area, where Occitan is not ...