{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Colomiers |native name = {{native name|oc|Colomèrs}} |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Mairie de Colomiers.jpg |caption = The [[Hôtel de Ville, Colomiers|Hôtel de Ville]] |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Colomiers (Haute-Garonne).svg |arrondissement = Toulouse |canton = Toulouse-7 |INSEE = 31149 |postal code = 31770 |mayor = Karine Traval-Michelet<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref> |party = |term = 2020&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = [[Toulouse Métropole]] |coordinates = {{coord|43.6139|1.3367|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 160 |elevation min m = 145 |elevation max m = 191 |area km2 = 20.83 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}

'''Colomiers''' ({{IPA|fr|kɔlɔmje}}; {{langx|oc|Colomèrs}}; [[Languedocien dialect]]: ''Colomièrs'') is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Haute-Garonne]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Occitania (administrative region)|Occitania]] [[Regions of France|region]] in Southwestern [[France]]. With a population of about 40,000, 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]].

==History== The [[Hôtel de Ville, Colomiers|Hôtel de Ville]] was completed in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2025/04/06/en-trois-siecles-letonnante-histoire-des-trois-hotels-de-ville-12618963.php|title=Colomiers. En trois siècles, l’étonnante histoire des trois hôtels de ville|date=6 April 2025|newspaper=La Dépêche|access-date=3 August 2025}}</ref>

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

{{Historical populations | align = none | cols = 2 | percentages = pagr | source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|9948|Colomiers}}</ref> and INSEE (1968–2023)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-31149#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref> | graph-pos = bottom |1793 |1080 |1800 |1155 |1806 |1227 |1821 |1247 |1831 |1149 |1836 |1338 |1841 |1325 |1846 |1456 |1851 |1456 |1856 |1414 |1861 |1576 |1866 |1634 |1872 |1716 |1876 |1712 |1881 |1710 |1886 |1716 |1891 |1623 |1896 |1689 |1901 |1720 |1906 |1732 |1911 |1829 |1921 |1556 |1926 |1640 |1931 |1821 |1936 |1860 |1946 |2122 |1954 |3195 |1962 |4607 |1968 |10584 |1975 |20126 |1982 |23326 |1990 |26979 |1999 |28538 |2007 |32315 |2012 |36699 |2017 |38951 |2023 |40882 }}

==Transport== In 1971 it became the first area of France to offer [[Free public transport|zero-fare public transport]], but had to cancel this project in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/toulouse/1860887-20160608-colomiers-fini-celebres-bus-gratuits|title=Colomiers: La fin des bus gratuits|date=8 June 2016 }}</ref>

==Education== There are nine public preschools (''maternelles'') and six public elementary schools.<ref name=Primaryschools>"[http://www.ville-colomiers.fr/index.php/Groupes-scolaires?idpage=950&idmetacontenu= Groupes scolaires] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005230109/http://www.ville-colomiers.fr/index.php/Groupes-scolaires?idpage=950&idmetacontenu= |date=2016-10-05 }}." Colomiers. Retrieved on October 3, 2016.</ref> 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 (Colomiers)|Lycée International Victor Hugo]] and [[Lycée des Métiers de l'électrotechnique, de la maintenance et Chaudronnerie Eugène-Montel]].<ref>"[http://www.ville-colomiers.fr/index.php/Coll%C3%A8ges-et-lyc%C3%A9es?idpage=953&idmetacontenu= Collèges et lycées] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005230145/http://www.ville-colomiers.fr/index.php/Coll%C3%A8ges-et-lyc%C3%A9es?idpage=953&idmetacontenu= |date=2016-10-05 }}." Colomiers. Retrieved on October 3, 2016.</ref>

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 ».<ref name=Primaryschools/>

==Sport== [[US Colomiers]] is a French [[rugby union]] club based in Colomiers.

==See also== *[[Communes of the Haute-Garonne department]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category}} *[http://www.ville-colomiers.fr Official website] {{in lang|fr}}

{{Haute-Garonne communes}}

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[[Category:Communes of Haute-Garonne]]