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Toulouse is the home base of
the European aerospace industry, with the headquarters of Airbus,
Galileo positioning system, the SPOT satellite system, and CNES's
Toulouse Space Centre (CST), the largest space centre in Europe.Thales
Alenia Space, Europe's largest satellite manufacturer, and EADS Astrium
Satellites, EADS's satellite system subsidiary, also have a significant
presence in Toulouse. |
Innsbruck is the capital city
of the federal state of Tyrol in western Austria. It is located in the
Inn Valley at the junction with the Wipptal (Sill River), which provides
access to the Brenner Pass, some 30 kilometers (19 mi) south of
Innsbruck. Located in the broad valley between high mountains, the
Nordkette (Hafelekar, 2,334 meters (7,657 ft)) in the north,
Patscherkofel (2,246 meters (7,369 ft)) and Serles (2,718 meters (8,917
ft)) in the south, it is an internationally renowned winter sports
centre, and hosted the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics. It is to host the
1st Winter Youth Olympics in 2012. The word bruck comes from the German
word Brücke meaning "bridge" which leads to "the bridge over the Inn" |