an alley will pay homage to a policewoman, victim of terrorism
The municipality to be decided. On the occasion of December 10 municipal council, the elected officials of Toulouse deliberated on the subject of name of its streets. In this context, the town hall is continuing its process of feminization of street names.
The objective: to highlight the role played by women in society, research, sport or even surpassing oneself. “In 2021, 59% of new baptized people received a female name, 58% since the start of the Jean-Luc Moudenc», Specifies the town hall in a press release. New appellations which bear witness to the history of the district.
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In the center of Toulouse
There is also something new in the Saint-Cyprien district. On the site of the former Claudius Regaud center, theAllée des professors Pontonnier and some Amparo Poch y Gascon street, doctor and feminist activist. The latter thus echo the medical footprint of the neighborhood. In addition, the impasse des Dames de la Porte is prolonged and becomes rue des Dames de la Porte, on the sidelines of the last municipal council.
In the southern activity zone, route d’Espagne the Simone Iff roundabout will pay tribute to a former president of family planning. Disappeared in 2015, she was a figure of feminist activism. Not far away, a street will be renamed in memory ofAnne Lister. This Pyreneanist was the first to successfully complete the official ascent of Vignemale which culminates in 3,298 m altitude.
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South-east of Toulouse
In the sector of the Pont des Demoiselles, a street will bear the name of Joseph roques, painter in the Pink City in the 19th century. A little further from the city center, the municipality of Pouvourville will also see the change in the name of one of its arteries. Located behind the Larrey hospital, a street will take the name ofAngélique-Marguerite The Coudra Fellow. She was the first midwife to publicly teach “the art of childbirth” in the 18th century.
South of Toulouse, in the Montaudran district, the name of a street will be slightly changed in favor of an Aéropostale pioneer who died in 1978. It will go from rue René Cornemont to de “rue Cornement dit Cornemont “.
West of Toulouse
In the Saint-Simon district, the aisle Clarissa Jean-Philippe will be inaugurated between the chemin de Liffard and the impasse de Basso-Cambo. It will pay tribute to a young municipal policewoman from 26 years, shot dead on January 8, 2015. An assassination perpetrated by the terrorist Amedy Coulibaly in Montrouge, in the Hauts-de-Seine. With this initiative, the municipality wishes to “salute this young woman’s commitment to France”. She had just taken up her duties with the police.