Portet-sur-Garonne
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Haute-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Muret | |
| Canton | Portet-sur-Garonne (main town) | |
| Community association | Le Muretain Agglo | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 31 ' N , 1 ° 24' E | |
| height | 142-235 m | |
| surface | 16.19 km 2 | |
| Residents | 9,721 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 600 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 31120 | |
| INSEE code | 31433 | |
| Website | http://www.portetgaronne.fr/ | |
Portet-sur-Garonne ( Occitan : Portèth de Garona ) is a French commune with 9721 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department and the Occitanie region . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Muret and is the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Portet-sur-Garonne . The inhabitants are called Portésiens, Portésiennes .
The name probably comes from the Latin portellum (German: small river port ).
geography
At the southern border of the municipality, the Ariège flows into the Garonne . Portet-sur-Garonne is surrounded by Toulouse in the north, Vieille-Toulouse in the northeast, Vigoulet-Auzil in the east, Lacroix-Falgarde in the southeast, Pinsaguel in the south, Roques in the southwest, Villeneuve-Tolosane in the west and Cugnaux in the northwest.
Portet-sur-Garonne has now become a banlieue of Toulouse. The quarters of Portet-sur-Garonne are the city center, Récébédou or Clairfont , Grand Portet and Ramier .
The A64 autoroute in the direction of Biscay and the former Route nationale 20 to the Spanish border run through the municipality and Toulouse-Francazal Airport is located in the west of the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2010 | 2017 |
| Residents | 4398 | 5432 | 6014 | 6872 | 8030 | 8733 | 9435 | 9721 |
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Attractions
- Church of Portet-sur-Garonne ( Monument historique )
- Market hall
- Musée de la Mémoire (Museum of Remembrance), on the grounds of the Récébédou concentration camp
- Château de Clairfont
- Château de la Creuse (Monument historique)
- Pyramid on the border between the historic regions of Languedoc and Guyenne (Monument historique)
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Portet-sur-Garonne
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 1144-1147.
