Editing Toulouse (section)

==Economy==
{{Main|Economy of Toulouse}}
[[File:Toulouse Siège Airbus.jpg|thumb|Global headquarters of Airbus at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport]]
Since 2003, Toulouse has been the French city with the fastest growing GDP per capita, a performance driven by growing high-tech industries.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 October 2016 |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/voici-la-ville-de-france-qui-s-est-le-plus-enrichie-depuis-2003_AN-201610020068.html |title=''Voici la ville de France qui s'est le plus enrichie depuis 2003'' (Here is the city in France that has grown the most since 2003) |website=BFMTV.com & Cologne Institute for Economic Research }}</ref>

Toulouse economy can rely on three pillars: large industrial companies, research laboratories and a huge pool of students, engineers and scientists. Indeed, Toulouse is home to the second largest research and education centre in France, it has a high quality of education, first class engineering schools, powerful industries supported by world leaders, such as Airbus or Thales Alenia for aeronautics and space. This ecosystem fosters innovation in fields such as artificial intelligence, IOT, robotics, avionics, embedded systems, biotechnology, health etc.<ref>Pierre-Alexandre Balland, « ''Les atouts économiques de Toulouse'' » (The economic assets of Toulouse) [https://le-24-7.fr/interview-les-atouts-economiques-de-toulouse-dr-pierre-alexandre-balland], 29 September 2021</ref>

Toulouse can particularly be described as the 'capital' of the European aerospace industry: it hosts the [[Airbus]] headquarters and assembly-lines of Airbus [[Airbus A320|A320]], [[Airbus A330|A330]], and [[Airbus A350 XWB|A350]]. The [[Airbus A380|A380]] was also produced here (the last completed in 2021), as was the [[Concorde]] supersonic aircraft.<ref>"[https://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2005-04-27-airbus-flight_x.htm Airbus A380 lands after making aviation history]." [[USA Today]]. 27 April 2005. Updated 28 April 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2010.</ref><ref name="AirbusContacts">"[http://www.airbus.com/en/utilities/contacts.html Contacts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110025630/http://www.airbus.com/en/utilities/contacts.html |date=10 January 2010 }}." [[Airbus]]. Retrieved 12 February 2010.</ref> Toulouse also hosts the headquarters of [[ATR (aircraft manufacturer)|ATR]], one of the two headquarters of [[Liebherr Aerospace]] and [[Groupe Latécoère]]. As for the space industry, with 12,000 jobs, 400 companies and 25% of the European workforce, Toulouse is the main European hub.<ref>"[https://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/fr/la-filiere-spatiale-sur-toulouse-metropole-46440 ''La filière spatiale sur Toulouse métropole'' (The space industry in Toulouse metropole)"] Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche, 21 February 2019.</ref>
{{wide image|Airbus Toulouse plant entrance DSC02696.jpg|1200px|The main Airbus factory in [[Blagnac]], near Toulouse, lies next to [[Toulouse Airport]]|660px}}