Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement of Toulouse
Toulouse

Cité de l’espace

The Cité de l'espace is a scientific discovery centre in France focused on spaceflight. It was opened in June 1997, and is located on the eastern outskirts of .
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  • Type: Theme park
  • Description: French theme park
  • Also known as: “City of Space”
  • Wheelchair access: yes
Photo: Don-vip, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Toulouse – Lasbordes Airport and Montaudran.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, GPL.
Toulouse–Lasbordes Airport is a small non-commercial in the commune of , situated 4 km east of the city center of , both located in the department of the region in southwest .

Railway station
Photo: TechnikLEO, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station, which is situated 1½ km southwest of Cité de l’espace.

Church
Photo: REULAND, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 1 km south of Cité de l’espace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Montaudran and Balma.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb of situated to the south east of the city, by the river. It is notable thanks to the Aéropostale company and its aerodrome which was the base for the aeronautical pioneers between 1917 and 1933 who established the first commercial air routes with postal flights to , … and on to .

Town
Photo: Poppy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department in southwestern . It is east of . The name of the town comes from the old Provençal word meaning "" or "grotto". is situated 2½ km north of Cité de l’espace.

Suburb
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a residential area south-east of in , , where grandes écoles and Universities are located as well as an important scientific complex. It has 2,295 inhabitants. is situated 3 km southwest of Cité de l’espace.

Cité de l’espace

Latitude
43.58605° or 43° 35′ 10″ north
Longitude
1.49291° or 1° 29′ 35″ east
Open location code
8FM3HFPV+C5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4722585
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­theme_park
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q1094325
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Cité de l’espace” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Cité de l’Espace”
  • Arabic: “مدينة الفضاء”
  • Armenian: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Breton: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Catalan: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Chinese: “图卢兹太空城”
  • Chinese: “图卢兹航天中心”
  • Chinese: “圖盧茲太空城”
  • Chinese: “太空城”
  • Croatian: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Czech: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Czech: “Vesmírné město”
  • Danish: “Cité de l’Espace”
  • Dutch: “Cite de l’espace”
  • Dutch: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Estonian: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Finnish: “Cité de l’espace”
  • French: “Cite de l’espace”
  • French: “Cité de l’espace”
  • French: “Cité de l’Espace”
  • German: “Cite de l’espace”
  • German: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Hebrew: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Hungarian: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Indonesian: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Italian: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Japanese: “シテ・ド・レスパス”
  • Latin: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Lithuanian: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Luxembourgish: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Norwegian: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ciutat de l’espaci”
  • Polish: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Portuguese: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Romanian: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Spanish: “Cite de l’espace”
  • Spanish: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Spanish: “Cité de l’Espace”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad del espacio”
  • Spanish: “La Ciudad del Espacio”
  • Swedish: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Turkish: “Cité de l’espace”
  • Welsh: “Cité de l’espace”
  • “Cité de l’espace”
  • “Cité de l’Espace”

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Highlights include Ariane 1 Réservoir 3ème étage and Coiffe d’Ariane 1.

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