Villa Parc Toulouse

Location

Quiet, at the end of a private lane, yet everything is close: a large park within walking distance, La Salle Pibrac private school by school bus, central Toulouse in 30 minutes and the Francazal innovation hub 2 km away.

The Ramée park

1 km away, about a 15-minute walk

The Ramée lake
The Ramée lake. Photo: Olybrius, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

One of the great green spaces of the Toulouse area: a 243-hectare leisure park around a 44-hectare lake, run by Toulouse Métropole. Walk there to run, stroll, go out on the water or swim in summer.

  • Nautical centre: windsurfing, kayak, paddleboard
  • Supervised swimming in July and August
  • Walking, running and cycling paths around the lake
  • Tree-top rope course, playgrounds, go-kart and mini-car tracks
  • Riding stables and ponies, golf, tennis, basketball

Sources: Toulouse Tourisme, Haute-Garonne Tourisme.

Map: the house about 1 km south of the Ramée lake
Circle: area of the house (approximate). Map data © OpenStreetMap

La Salle Pibrac private school

The school bus stops in Cugnaux

Pibrac: the Basilica of Sainte-Germaine
Pibrac: the Basilica of Sainte-Germaine. Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

The house is on route P1 of the La Salle Pibrac private school bus: arrival at school at 8:45, back around 6 pm. A Catholic Lasallian school founded in 1877, private under contract with the State, from nursery school to the end of collège (age 15).

  • 99% pass rate at the brevet (the national exam at the end of collège) every year since 2022
  • In 2025, 95% of candidates passed with honours, and half with highest honours
  • Among the top 10 of the 120 collèges in Haute-Garonne on these results

Sources: La Salle Pibrac (2026-2027 school bus); French Ministry of Education, collège value-added indicators, 2025.

Map: the house and La Salle Pibrac private school, about 8 km to the north-west
Circle: area of the house (approximate). Map data © OpenStreetMap

Toulouse

The Capitole in about 30 minutes

Toulouse: the Garonne quays and the Pont-Neuf
Toulouse: the Garonne quays and the Pont-Neuf. Photo: Aentoam, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

The Pink City: the Capitole, the banks of the Garonne, the Canal du Midi, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Europe's aerospace capital (Airbus, CNES, Thales), France's 4th largest metropolitan area, and France's best student city (L'Etudiant 2025) with over 120,000 students.

  • Métro line A at Basso Cambo: about 10 min by car, free park-and-ride for Tisséo users, then 15 min to the Capitole
  • Bus line 48 about a 12-minute walk away, 14 min to Basso Cambo métro
  • Linéo L11 (a bus every 9 min at peak times) about 1.5 km away
  • Toulouse-Blagnac airport about 20 min by car

Sources: Tisséo (open data, September 2026), CNES, L'Etudiant, UNESCO.

Map: the house, Basso Cambo métro station and the Capitole
Circle: area of the house (approximate). Map data © OpenStreetMap

Francazal

2 km away

Dassault Falcon 7X business jet (illustration)
Dassault Falcon 7X business jet (illustration). Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

The former Francazal air base has become a business-aviation and innovation hub, where the transport of the future is being built. Handy for working there, or for taking a business jet a stone's throw from home.

  • Toulouse-Francazal airport, dedicated to business aviation: 1,800 m runway for private jets
  • Francazal Mobility Park: 38 ha for autonomous vehicles (EasyMile), electric aircraft (Aura Aero) and hydrogen aircraft (Beyond Aero), drones and robotics
  • Technocampus Hydrogène Occitanie, which aims to become Europe's largest green-hydrogen research and test centre (opening 2026-2027)
  • Future Aura Aero factory: building permit granted in 2026, over 1,600 jobs announced
  • ATR and about fifteen companies already based at the airport

Sources: Toulouse-Francazal airport, Invest in Toulouse, Occitanie Region, town of Cugnaux.

Map: the house and the Francazal Mobility Park
Circle: area of the house (approximate). Map data © OpenStreetMap

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