Arrondissement of Muret

The **arrondissement of Muret** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Haute-Garonne _département_ in the Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Muret.

## History

When the Haute-Garonne department was created in 1790, Muret was one of the districts of the department and, with the creation of _arrondissements_ in 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Muret was part of that original department, but it was eliminated in 1803 and, in 1806, became again an _arrondissement_.

In 1926, the _arrondissement_ of Muret was eliminated again but, in 1942, it was made again an _arrondissement_.

## Geography

It is the smallest of the _arrondissements_ of the department, with an area of , but it is the second in population with 215,606 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km²

The _arrondissement_ is bordered to the northeast by the _arrondissement_ of Toulouse, to the south by the Ariège (Occitanie) department, to the southwest by the _arrondissement_ of Saint-Gaudens and to the northwest by the Gers (Occitanie) department.

### Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the _arrondissements_ so they could have _communes_ that belong to different _arrondissements_.

In the _arrondissement_ of Muret, there are three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the _arrondissement_: Cazères, Escalquens and Plaisance-du-Touch. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondiissements_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="3" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3101|Auterive|47|||**47**|
|3106|Cazères|48|43||**91**|
|3107|Escalquens|1||34|**35**|
|3109|Muret|9|||**9**|
|3111|Plaisance-du-Touch|9||1|**10**|
|3112|Portet-sur-Garonne|12|||**12**|
|**Total**|**126**|||||

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Muret has 126 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Aignes <small>(31002)</small>
1. Auribail <small>(31027)</small>
1. Auterive <small>(31033)</small>
1. Bax <small>(31047)</small>
1. Beaufort <small>(31051)</small>
1. Beaumont-sur-Lèze <small>(31052)</small>
1. Bois-de-la-Pierre <small>(31071)</small>
1. Bonrepos-sur-Aussonnelle <small>(31075)</small>
1. Boussens <small>(31084)</small>
1. Bragayrac <small>(31087)</small>
1. Bérat <small>(31065)</small>
1. Cambernard <small>(31101)</small>
1. Canens <small>(31103)</small>
1. Capens <small>(31104)</small>
1. Carbonne <small>(31107)</small>
1. Castagnac <small>(31111)</small>
1. Castelnau-Picampeau <small>(31119)</small>
1. Casties-Labrande <small>(31122)</small>
1. Caujac <small>(31128)</small>
1. Cazères <small>(31135)</small>
1. Cintegabelle <small>(31145)</small>
1. Couladère <small>(31153)</small>
1. Eaunes <small>(31165)</small>
1. Empeaux <small>(31166)</small>
1. Esperce <small>(31173)</small>
1. Fonsorbes <small>(31187)</small>
1. Fontenilles <small>(31188)</small>
1. Forgues <small>(31189)</small>
1. Francon <small>(31196)</small>
1. Frouzins <small>(31203)</small>
1. Fustignac <small>(31204)</small>
1. Gaillac-Toulza <small>(31206)</small>
1. Gensac-sur-Garonne <small>(31219)</small>
1. Goutevernisse <small>(31225)</small>
1. Gouzens <small>(31226)</small>
1. Gratens <small>(31229)</small>
1. Grazac <small>(31231)</small>
1. Grépiac <small>(31233)</small>
1. Labarthe-sur-Lèze <small>(31248)</small>
1. Labastide-Clermont <small>(31250)</small>
1. Labastidette <small>(31253)</small>
1. Labruyère-Dorsa <small>(31256)</small>
1. Lacaugne <small>(31258)</small>
1. Lafitte-Vigordane <small>(31261)</small>
1. Lagardelle-sur-Lèze <small>(31263)</small>
1. Lagrâce-Dieu <small>(31264)</small>
1. Lahage <small>(31266)</small>
1. Lahitère <small>(31267)</small>
1. Lamasquère <small>(31269)</small>
1. Lapeyrère <small>(31272)</small>
1. Latour <small>(31279)</small>
1. Latrape <small>(31280)</small>
1. Lautignac <small>(31283)</small>
1. Lavelanet-de-Comminges <small>(31286)</small>
1. Lavernose-Lacasse <small>(31287)</small>
1. Le Fauga <small>(31181)</small>
1. Le Fousseret <small>(31193)</small>
1. Le Pin-Murelet <small>(31419)</small>
1. Le Plan <small>(31425)</small>
1. Lescuns <small>(31292)</small>
1. Lherm <small>(31299)</small>
1. Longages <small>(31303)</small>
1. Lussan-Adeilhac <small>(31309)</small>
1. Mailholas <small>(31312)</small>
1. Marignac-Lasclares <small>(31317)</small>
1. Marignac-Laspeyres <small>(31318)</small>
1. Marliac <small>(31319)</small>
1. Marquefave <small>(31320)</small>
1. Martres-Tolosane <small>(31324)</small>
1. Massabrac <small>(31326)</small>
1. Mauran <small>(31327)</small>
1. Mauressac <small>(31330)</small>
1. Mauzac <small>(31334)</small>
1. Miremont <small>(31345)</small>
1. Mondavezan <small>(31349)</small>
1. Montastruc-Savès <small>(31359)</small>
1. Montaut <small>(31361)</small>
1. Montberaud <small>(31362)</small>
1. Montbrun-Bocage <small>(31365)</small>
1. Montclar-de-Comminges <small>(31367)</small>
1. Montesquieu-Volvestre <small>(31375)</small>
1. Montgazin <small>(31379)</small>
1. Montgras <small>(31382)</small>
1. Montoussin <small>(31387)</small>
1. Montégut-Bourjac <small>(31370)</small>
1. Monès <small>(31353)</small>
1. Muret <small>(31395)</small>
1. Noé <small>(31399)</small>
1. Palaminy <small>(31406)</small>
1. Peyssies <small>(31416)</small>
1. Pins-Justaret <small>(31421)</small>
1. Pinsaguel <small>(31420)</small>
1. Plagne <small>(31422)</small>
1. Plagnole <small>(31423)</small>
1. Polastron <small>(31428)</small>
1. Portet-sur-Garonne <small>(31433)</small>
1. Poucharramet <small>(31435)</small>
1. Pouy-de-Touges <small>(31436)</small>
1. Puydaniel <small>(31442)</small>
1. Rieumes <small>(31454)</small>
1. Rieux-Volvestre <small>(31455)</small>
1. Roques-sur-Garonne <small>(31458)</small>
1. Roquettes <small>(31460)</small>
1. Sabonnères <small>(31464)</small>
1. Saiguède <small>(31466)</small>
1. Saint-Araille <small>(31469)</small>
1. Saint-Christaud <small>(31474)</small>
1. Saint-Clar-de-Rivière <small>(31475)</small>
1. Saint-Hilaire <small>(31486)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-sur-Garonne <small>(31492)</small>
1. Saint-Lys <small>(31499)</small>
1. Saint-Michel <small>(31505)</small>
1. Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze <small>(31517)</small>
1. Saint-Thomas <small>(31518)</small>
1. Saint-Élix-le-Château <small>(31476)</small>
1. Sainte-Foy-de-Peyrolières <small>(31481)</small>
1. Sajas <small>(31520)</small>
1. Salles-sur-Garonne <small>(31525)</small>
1. Sana <small>(31530)</small>
1. Saubens <small>(31533)</small>
1. Savères <small>(31538)</small>
1. Seysses <small>(31547)</small>
1. Sénarens <small>(31543)</small>
1. Venerque <small>(31572)</small>
1. Vernet <small>(31574)</small>
1. Villate <small>(31580)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|31395|Muret|24,975|Muret|Communauté d'agglomération du Muretain|
|31187|Fonsorbes|11,743|Plaisance-du-Touch|Communauté d'agglomération du Muretain|
|31433|Portet-sur-Garonne|9,609|Portet-sur-Garonne|Communauté d'agglomération du Muretain|
|31033|Auterive|9,232|Auterive|La Vallée de l'Ariège|
|31499|Saint-Lys|9,067|Plaisance-du-Touch|Communauté d'agglomération du Muretain|
|31203|Frouzins|8,815|Muret|Axe Sud|
|31547|Seysses|8,193|Muret|Axe Sud|
|31165|Eaunes|5,827|Portet-sur-Garonne|Communauté d'agglomération du Muretain|
|31107|Carbonne|5,377|Auterive|Le Volvestre|
|31188|Fontenilles|5,368|Plaisance-du-Touch|La Gascogne Toulousaine|
|31248|Labarthe-sur-Lèze|5,365|Portet-sur-Garonne|Communauté d'agglomération du Muretain|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Haute-Garonne department
- Communes of the Haute-Garonne department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Muret
- **insee**: 311
- **nbcomm**: 126
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Muret
- **area**: 1630.9
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Muret 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Occitanie