Vernet (Haute-Garonne)
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Haute-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Muret | |
| Canton | Portet-sur-Garonne | |
| Community association | Lèze Ariège | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 26 ' N , 1 ° 26' E | |
| height | 279-507 m | |
| surface | 10.07 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,871 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 285 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 31810 | |
| INSEE code | 31574 | |
| Website | http://www.mairielevernet31.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Vernet |
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Vernet (also: Le Vernet ) is a southern French municipality with 2,871 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Muret and the canton of Portet-sur-Garonne (until 2015: canton of Auterive ). The inhabitants are called Vernetois .
location
Vernet is about nine kilometers east-southeast of Muret on the Ariège River . The river Lèze limits the municipality to the northwest. Vernet is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Labarthe-sur-Lèze in the north and north-west, Clermont-le-Fort in the north and north-east, Venerque in the east, Grépiac in the south-east, Miremont in the south and Lagardelle-sur-Lèze in the west and south-west.
The former route nationale 20 (today's D820) runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 842 | 1,023 | 1,272 | 1,715 | 2.015 | 1,895 | 2,031 | 2,413 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Luperce church
- Grist mill from the 17th century, Monument historique since 1988
Personalities
- Marcel Doret (1896–1955), aviation pioneer
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , pp. 206-207.
