Tag: Mirail
Two injured by bullets in the Bagatelle district
They were evacuated as an “absolute emergency” to the university hospital. Two men were injured by firearms on Wednesday evening in the Bagatelle district of Toulouse. According to the Departmental…
In Toulouse, the youth of Mirail between “fear” and adrenaline rush
From the Reynerie district, in Toulouse, “I was quietly sitting in the park with my friends and my dog. The cops came by and they shot my poor Jack, my…
Burned cars, container fires, anger spreads to the Mirail in Toulouse
“How am I going to get home? This young resident of Reynerie, in Toulouse, stands hesitantly at the corner of Place Abbal and watches without judging masked young people setting…
At Mirail, students want to impose “a more radical rhythm” on the protest movement
While the majority of students in Jean-Jaures University from Toulouse is hurrying towards the exit, this Tuesday evening, some of them met in a room in the Arche, an emblematic…
Fire in a large Mirail squat, around sixty people evacuated
It is one of the largest squats in Toulouse, opened just after the fire at the squat on Avenue de Muret in 2020. Since 6 a.m. this morning, a building…
Renovate, rebuild on site… or elsewhere? what future for the Mirail incinerator?
It is the oldest, but also the most polluting household waste incinerator in France according to a study unveiled last week by Zero Waste Association Toulouse. The Mirail energy recovery…
The Mirail incinerator is “the most polluting in France” for its nitrogen oxide emissions
In 2020, waste treatment plant du Mirail, in Toulouse, emitted as much nitrogen oxide “as the three largest French incinerators put together”. This is according to the Toulouse branch of…
Should we really demolish the famous Candilis bars of Mirail?
“It’s not the buildings that are the problems.” Jean-Louis has lived for more than forty years in The Reynerie, in the heart of the popular district of Mirail. And don’t…
Leaving Mirail students to enroll them in favored colleges is bearing fruit
Four years ago, students from Mirail made their return to the sixth grade in the very favored college in downtown Toulouse, Pierre-de-Fermat. This change of school establishment was the first…