As i said it's a pretty big city, not as much as Paris, but with a lot of of inhabitants for a french city. It's located in the south west, so it's near mountains: really great if you like skiing, about ~2hours to reach nearest ski stations. And also near the mediterranean sea. (3hours in car)
Here the speciality are mostly pork meat, offal, sausages ^^' and i don't really like :S