Talence

Talence
Talence
Commune
	The church in Talence
	Coat of arms
	Location of Talence
	Talence Talence
	Coordinates: 44°48′00″N 0°35′02″W / 44.8°N 0.584°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Bordeaux
Canton	Talence
Intercommunality	Bordeaux Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Emmanuel Sallaberry
Area 1	8.35 km2 (3.22 sq mi)
Population (2021)	45,225
• Density	5,400/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Talençais·e (French); talancés, talancesa (Occitan)
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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Talence (French pronunciation: [talɑ̃s], locally [taˈlãⁿsə]; Occitan: Talança, [taˈlansɔ]; Catalan: Talença [tǝˈlensǝ]) is a commune in the department of Gironde, administrative region of New Aquitaine, France.

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.

Population

Historical population

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

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 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)
Mean daily maximum °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)
Mean daily minimum °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^[5]

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

Talence is twinned with:

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Talence, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "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.