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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.
Arriving in Toulouse at a very young age, Etienne Aufreri became an official advisor in 1481, then an official of the Archbishop of Toulouse. In 1486, he was appointed professor of canon law at the University of Toulouse. Aufreri mentions, in his Decisions Capellae Tolosanae, that Pierre de Leon, Archbishop of Toulouse, appointed him official ...
Toulouse and Montpellier are also common places for business congresses and conventions. [citation needed] In April 2019, The Guardian's travel section included two Languedoc locations in its list of 20 of the most beautiful villages in France. The two were Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert with "one of the finest examples of Romanesque architecture in ...
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 County of Toulouse (Occitan: Comtat de Tolosa, Latin: Comitatus Tolosanus, Middle French: Conté de Thoulouse) was a territory in present-day southern France consisting of the city of Toulouse and its environs, ruled by the Count of Toulouse from the late 9th century until the late 13th century.
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 .