Talence

Talence is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Talence
Commune
The church in Talence
Coat of arms
Location of Talence
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Coordinates: 44°48′00″N 0°35′02″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Bordeaux
Canton	Talence
Intercommunality	Bordeaux Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Emmanuel Sallaberry[1]
Area ^1	8.35 km^2 (3.22 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	42,606
• Density	5,100/km^2 (13,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33522 /33400
Elevation	2–29 m (6.6–95.1 ft) (avg. 15 m or 49 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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, KEDGE Business School.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,489 —     1800 1,181 −20.7% 1806 1,340 +13.5% 1821 1,194 −10.9% 1831 1,322 +10.7% 1836 1,288 −2.6% 1841 1,232 −4.3% 1846 1,402 +13.8% 1851 1,434 +2.3% 1856 1,693 +18.1% 1861 2,430 +43.5% 1866 2,577 +6.0% 1872 3,604 +39.9% 1876 3,873 +7.5% 1881 4,621 +19.3% 1886 6,642 +43.7% 1891 7,921 +19.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 9,221 +16.4% 1901 11,227 +21.8% 1906 11,832 +5.4% 1911 13,224 +11.8% 1921 15,823 +19.7% 1926 17,130 +8.3% 1931 18,944 +10.6% 1936 20,380 +7.6% 1946 21,650 +6.2% 1954 22,695 +4.8% 1962 25,874 +14.0% 1968 29,161 +12.7% 1975 34,127 +17.0% 1982 34,692 +1.7% 1990 34,485 −0.6% 1999 37,210 +7.9% 2008 40,576 +9.0%

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

Climate data for Talence (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1959–present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	21.0 (69.8)	25.0 (77.0)	28.0 (82.4)	30.5 (86.9)	35.0 (95.0)	39.0 (102.2)	39.0 (102.2)	39.5 (103.1)	36.8 (98.2)	32.0 (89.6)	26.0 (78.8)	22.6 (72.7)	39.5 (103.1)
Average high °C (°F)	10.4 (50.7)	12.1 (53.8)	15.4 (59.7)	17.8 (64.0)	21.8 (71.2)	25.0 (77.0)	27.4 (81.3)	27.3 (81.1)	24.5 (76.1)	19.9 (67.8)	13.8 (56.8)	10.6 (51.1)	18.9 (66.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.7 (44.1)	7.7 (45.9)	10.4 (50.7)	12.5 (54.5)	16.4 (61.5)	19.5 (67.1)	21.7 (71.1)	21.5 (70.7)	18.7 (65.7)	15.0 (59.0)	9.8 (49.6)	7.0 (44.6)	13.9 (57.0)
Average low °C (°F)	3.0 (37.4)	3.3 (37.9)	5.4 (41.7)	7.2 (45.0)	11.0 (51.8)	14.0 (57.2)	15.9 (60.6)	15.8 (60.4)	12.8 (55.0)	10.2 (50.4)	5.8 (42.4)	3.5 (38.3)	9.0 (48.2)
Record low °C (°F)	−14.6 (5.7)	−12.0 (10.4)	−6.8 (19.8)	−2.2 (28.0)	1.1 (34.0)	5.1 (41.2)	7.5 (45.5)	6.0 (42.8)	4.0 (39.2)	−2.0 (28.4)	−6.5 (20.3)	−11.4 (11.5)	−14.6 (5.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	81.5 (3.21)	68.8 (2.71)	63.6 (2.50)	79.0 (3.11)	70.1 (2.76)	57.3 (2.26)	47.4 (1.87)	52.6 (2.07)	75.6 (2.98)	81.2 (3.20)	98.0 (3.86)	98.4 (3.87)	873.5 (34.39)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	12.3	10.3	11.1	11.7	10.9	8.2	7.3	7.4	9.4	10.7	12.3	12.1	123.7
Source: Météo France[3]

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

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. "Talence (33)" (PDF). Fiche Climatologique: Statistiques 1981–2010 et records (in French). Meteo France. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.

External links

• Official website (in French)