Haute-Garonne

Haute-Garonne
Haute-Garonne
	Depairtment
	Prefectur biggin o the Haute-Garonne depairtment, in Toulouse
	Coat airms
	Location o Haute-Garonne in Fraunce
	Coordinates: 43°25′N 1°30′E / 43.417°N 1.500°E
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Occitanie
Prefectur	Toulouse
Subprefecturs	Saint-Gaudens; Muret
Govrenment
• Preses o the General Cooncil	Pierre Izard
Area
• Total	6309 km2 (2,436 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total	1,202,920
• Rank	14t
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Depairtment nummer	31
Arrondissements	3
Cantons	53
Communes	589
	^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuars, an lakes, ponds, an glaciers lairger than 1 km2

Haute-Garonne (French pronunciation: [ot ɡaʁɔn]; Occitan: Nauta Garona, pronooncit [ˈnawto ɡaˈɾuno]; Scots: Upper Garonne) is a depairtment in the admeenistrative region o Occitanie, soothwastren Fraunce namit efter the Garonne river. Its main ceety is Toulouse.

History

Haute-Garonne is ane o the oreeginal 83 depairtments creatit durin the French Revolution on 4 Mairch 1790. It wis creatit frae pairt o the umwhile province o Languedoc.

The depairtment wis oreeginally lairger. The reduction in its aurie resultit frae an imperial decree datit 21 November 1808 an which establishtd the neebourin depairtment o Tarn-et-Garonne, norlins. The new depairtment, creatit in response tae the pleadins o various locally pouerful politeecians, teuk territory frae five surroondin depairtments includin Haute-Garonne. The destricts lost tae Tarn-et-Garonne in 1808 wis the anes o Montech an Castelsarrasin.

Geografie

Haute-Garonne is pairt o the current region o Midi-Pyrénées an is surroondit bi the depairtments o Hautes-Pyrénées, Gers, Tarn-et-Garonne, Tarn, Aude, an Ariège. It borders Spain in the sooth an aw (province o Lleida an province o Huesca).

The depairtment is crossed bi the upper course o the Garonne River (hence the name) for near 200 kilometre (120 mi)^*. The mairches o the depairtment follae the river. The Garonne enters Fraunce frae Spain at the toun o Fos, gaes throu Toulouse an leaves the depairtment The yondermaist sooth o the depairtment lees in the Pyrenees muntain range an is vera muntainous. The heichest elevation is the Peak of Perdiguère, at 3,222 metres (10,571 ft) abuin sea level.

Politics

The Preses o the General Cooncil is Pierre Izard o the Socialist Pairty.

Pairty		seats
•	Socialist Pairty	43
	Union for a Popular Movement	3
	Miscellaneous Right	3
•	Miscellaneous Left	2
•	Left Radical Pairty	1
•	French Communist Pairty	1

Demografics

The indwellers o the depairtment is cried Haut-Garonnais. The greatest population concentration is aroond Toulouse. The sooth o the depairtment is quite spairsely populate. Mair nor a million fowk indwell the depairtment at the lest census in 1999. Young fowk is weel representit wi 55% o the population unner the age o 40 an o thaim, 16% is atween the ages o 20 an 29. This is acause Toulouse is a varsity toun.

The lairgest touns are:

Commune	Population (1999)	Commune	Population (1999)
Toulouse	390,350	Colomiers	28,538
Tournefeuille	22,758	Muret	20,735
Blagnac	20,586	Plaisance-du-Touch	14,164
Cugnaux	12,997	L'Union	12,141
Balma	11,944	Ramonville-Saint-Agne	11,696
Saint-Orens-de-Gameville	11,142	Saint-Gaudens	10,845
Castanet-Tolosan	10,250	Portet-sur-Garonne	8,737
Saint-Jean	8,362	Villeneuve-Tolosane	8,252
Revel	7,985	Castelginest	7,735
Pibrac	7,440	Fonsorbes	6,909