Colomiers

Town hall

Coat of arms

Colomiers

Location within Occitanie region

Colomiers

Country

Toulouse-13

Greater Toulouse

Government

• Mayor (2014–2020)

Karine Traval-Michelet

Area¹

20.83 km² (8.04 sq mi)

Population (2014)²

38,541

• Density

1,900/km² (4,800/sq mi)

• Summer (DST)

INSEE/Postal code

31149 / 31770

Elevation

145–191 m (476–627 ft)
(avg. 160 m or 520 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Colomiers is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

It is the largest suburb of the city of Toulouse, and is adjacent to it on the west side. It is a member of the Urban community of Greater Toulouse.

In 1971 it became the first area of France to offer zero-fare public transport, which is still in operation at present.

There are nine public preschools (maternelles) and six public elementary schools. There are four public junior high schools (collèges), Léon Blum, Victor Hugo, Jean Jaurès, and Voltaire. There are two public senior high schools, Lycée Polyvalent International « Victor-Hugo » and Lycée des Métiers de l'électrotechnique, de la maintenance et Chaudronnerie Eugène-Montel.

There is an international school in Colomiers (International School of Toulouse or IST) which is run by Airbus and which prepares for the International Baccalaureate, and, within the international lycée, a German school (Deutsche Schule Toulouse, DST).

There is also a private preschool, elementary and middle school, Institution « Sainte-Thérèse ».

US Colomiers is a French rugby union club based in Colomiers.