Colomiers Colomèrs (Occitan)
Commune
Suburban houses in Colomiers
Coat of arms
Location of Colomiers
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Coordinates: 43°36′50″N 1°20′12″E / 43.6139°N 1.3367°E / 43.6139; 1.3367
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Toulouse
Canton	Toulouse-7
Intercommunality	Toulouse Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Karine Traval-Michelet[1]
Area 1	20.83 km2 (8.04 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	40,159
• Density	1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Colomiers (French pronunciation: [kɔlɔmje]; Occitan: Colomèrs; Languedocien dialect: Colomièrs) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitania region in Southwestern France. With a population of 39,968 as of 2019, it is the largest suburb of the city of Toulouse, to which it is adjacent on the west side. Colomiers is part of Toulouse Métropole.

Demographics

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Columérins (masculine) or Columérines (feminine).

Transport

In 1971 it became the first area of France to offer zero-fare public transport, but had to cancel this project in 2016.^[5]

Education

There are nine public preschools (maternelles) and six public elementary schools.^[6] There are four public junior high schools (collèges): Léon Blum, Victor Hugo, Jean Jaurès, and Voltaire. There are two public senior high schools, Lycée International Victor Hugo and Lycée des Métiers de l'électrotechnique, de la maintenance et Chaudronnerie Eugène-Montel.^[7]

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). English 31, supported by Airbus, provides English-language tuition.

There is also a private preschool, elementary and middle school, Institution « Sainte-Thérèse ».^[6]

Sport

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