Arrondissement of Toulouse

The arrondissement of Toulouse is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Haute-Garonne département in the Occitanie region. Its capital, and préfecture of the department, is the city of Toulouse.

History
When the Haute-Garonne department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Toulouse was part of that original department and was made the capital (préfecture) of it.

Geography
It is the most northern of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of . It is the most populated arrondissement with 1,024,517 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km²

The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the Tarn-et-Garonne department, to the northeast by the Tarn department, to the southeast by the Aude department, to the south by the Ariège department, to the southwest by the arrondissement of Muret and to the west by the Gers department.

Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,Décret n° 2014-152 du 13 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Haute-Garonne cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

In the arrondissement of Toulouse, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement, the cantons of Escalquens and Plaisance-du-Touch. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondiissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Saint-Gaudens INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Muret  Saint-Gaudens  Toulouse 3103  Blagnac     6  6 3104  Castanet-Tolosan    15  15 3105  Castelginest     10  10 3107  Escalquens  1    34  35 3108  Léguevin     36  36 3110  Pechbonnieu     26  26 3111  Plaisance-du-Touch  9    1  10 3113  Revel     59  59 3115  Toulouse-1     part of Toulouse  part of Toulouse 3116  Toulouse-2     part of Toulouse  part of Toulouse 3117  Toulouse-3     part of Toulouse  part of Toulouse 3118  Toulouse-4     part of Toulouse  part of Toulouse 3119  Toulouse-5     part of Toulouse  part of Toulouse 3120  Toulouse-6     part of Toulouse  part of Toulouse 3121  Toulouse-7     3 + part of Toulouse  3 + part of Toulouse 3122  Toulouse-8     1 + part of Toulouse  1 + part of Toulouse 3123  Toulouse-9     2 + part of Toulouse  2 + part of Toulouse 3124  Toulouse-10     9 + part of Toulouse  9 + part of Toulouse 3125  Toulouse-11     1+ part of Toulouse  1 + part of Toulouse 3126  Tournefeuille     3  3 3127  Villemur-sur-Tarn     19  19 Total    226

Communes
The arrondissement of Toulouse has 226 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Aigrefeuille (31003)
 Albiac (31006)
 Aucamville (31022)
 Auragne (31024)
 Aureville (31025)
 Auriac-sur-Vendinelle (31026)
 Aurin (31029)
 Aussonne (31032)
 Auzeville-Tolosane (31035)
 Auzielle (31036)
 Avignonet-Lauragais (31037)
 Ayguesvives (31004)
 Azas (31038)
 Balma (31044)
 Baziège (31048)
 Bazus (31049)
 Beaupuy (31053)
 Beauteville (31054)
 Beauville (31055)
 Beauzelle (31056)
 Belberaud (31057)
 Belbèze-de-Lauragais (31058)
 Bellegarde-Sainte-Marie (31061)
 Bellesserre (31062)
 Bessières (31066)
 Blagnac (31069)
 Bondigoux (31073)
 Bonrepos-Riquet (31074)
 Le Born (31077)
 Bouloc (31079)
 Bourg-Saint-Bernard (31082)
 Brax (31088)
 Bretx (31089)
 Brignemont (31090)
 Bruguières (31091)
 Le Burgaud (31093)
 Buzet-sur-Tarn (31094)
 Bélesta-en-Lauragais (31060)
 Cabanac-Séguenville (31096)
 Le Cabanial (31097)
 Cadours (31098)
 Caignac (31099)
 Calmont (31100)
 Cambiac (31102)
 Caragoudes (31105)
 Caraman (31106)
 Castanet-Tolosan (31113)
 Castelginest (31116)
 Castelmaurou (31117)
 Castelnau-d'Estrétefonds (31118)
 Le Castéra (31120)
 Caubiac (31126)
 Cessales (31137)
 Clermont-le-Fort (31148)
 Colomiers (31149)
 Cornebarrieu (31150)
 Corronsac (31151)
 Cox (31156)
 Cugnaux (31157)
 Cépet (31136)
 Daux (31160)
 Deyme (31161)
 Donneville (31162)
 Drudas (31164)
 Drémil-Lafage (31163)
 Escalquens (31169)
 Espanès (31171)
 Le Faget (31179)
 Falga (31180)
 Fenouillet (31182)
 Flourens (31184)
 Folcarde (31185)
 Fonbeauzard (31186)
 Fourquevaux (31192)
 Francarville (31194)
 Fronton (31202)
 Gagnac-sur-Garonne (31205)
 Garac (31209)
 Gardouch (31210)
 Gargas (31211)
 Garidech (31212)
 Gauré (31215)
 Gibel (31220)
 Goyrans (31227)
 Gragnague (31228)
 Gratentour (31230)
 Grenade (31232)
 Le Grès (31234)
 Gémil (31216)
 Issus (31240)
 Juzes (31243)
 Labastide-Beauvoir (31249)
 Labastide-Saint-Sernin (31252)
 Labège (31254)
 Lacroix-Falgarde (31259)
 Lagarde (31262)
 Lagraulet-Saint-Nicolas (31265)
 Lanta (31271)
 Lapeyrouse-Fossat (31273)
 Larra (31592)
 Laréole (31275)
 Lasserre (31277)
 Launac (31281)
 Launaguet (31282)
 Lauzerville (31284)
 Lavalette (31285)
 Layrac-sur-Tarn (31288)
 Lespinasse (31293)
 Loubens-Lauragais (31304)
 Lux (31310)
 Léguevin (31291)
 Lévignac (31297)
 La Magdelaine-sur-Tarn (31311)
 Mascarville (31325)
 Mauremont (31328)
 Maurens (31329)
 Maureville (31331)
 Mauvaisin (31332)
 Menville (31338)
 Mervilla (31340)
 Merville (31341)
 Mirepoix-sur-Tarn (31346)
 Mondonville (31351)
 Mondouzil (31352)
 Monestrol (31354)
 Mons (31355)
 Montaigut-sur-Save (31356)
 Montastruc-la-Conseillère (31358)
 Montberon (31364)
 Montbrun-Lauragais (31366)
 Montclar-Lauragais (31368)
 Montesquieu-Lauragais (31374)
 Montgaillard-Lauragais (31377)
 Montgeard (31380)
 Montgiscard (31381)
 Montjoire (31383)
 Montlaur (31384)
 Montpitol (31388)
 Montrabé (31389)
 Montégut-Lauragais (31371)
 Mourvilles-Basses (31392)
 Mourvilles-Hautes (31393)
 Mérenvielle (31339)
 Nailloux (31396)
 Nogaret (31400)
 Noueilles (31401)
 Odars (31402)
 Ondes (31403)
 Paulhac (31407)
 Pechbonnieu (31410)
 Pechbusque (31411)
 Pelleport (31413)
 Pibrac (31417)
 Pin-Balma (31418)
 Plaisance-du-Touch (31424)
 Pompertuzat (31429)
 Pouze (31437)
 Pradère-les-Bourguets (31438)
 Prunet (31441)
 Préserville (31439)
 Puysségur (31444)
 Péchabou (31409)
 Quint-Fonsegrives (31445)
 Ramonville-Saint-Agne (31446)
 Rebigue (31448)
 Renneville (31450)
 Revel (31451)
 Rieumajou (31453)
 Roquesérière (31459)
 Rouffiac-Tolosan (31462)
 Roumens (31463)
 Saint-Alban (31467)
 Saint-Cézert (31473)
 Saint-Félix-Lauragais (31478)
 Saint-Geniès-Bellevue (31484)
 Saint-Germier (31485)
 Saint-Jean (31488)
 Saint-Jean-Lherm (31489)
 Saint-Jory (31490)
 Saint-Julia (31491)
 Saint-Loup-Cammas (31497)
 Saint-Léon (31495)
 Saint-Marcel-Paulel (31501)
 Saint-Orens-de-Gameville (31506)
 Saint-Paul-sur-Save (31507)
 Saint-Pierre (31511)
 Saint-Pierre-de-Lages (31512)
 Saint-Rome (31514)
 Saint-Rustice (31515)
 Saint-Sauveur (31516)
 Saint-Vincent (31519)
 Sainte-Foy-d'Aigrefeuille (31480)
 Sainte-Livrade (31496)
 La Salvetat-Lauragais (31527)
 La Salvetat-Saint-Gilles (31526)
 Saussens (31534)
 Seilh (31541)
 Seyre (31546)
 Ségreville (31540)
 Tarabel (31551)
 Thil (31553)
 Toulouse (31555)
 Tournefeuille (31557)
 Toutens (31558)
 Trébons-sur-la-Grasse (31560)
 L'Union (31561)
 Vacquiers (31563)
 Vallesvilles (31567)
 Vallègue (31566)
 Varennes (31568)
 Vaudreuille (31569)
 Vaux (31570)
 Vendine (31571)
 Verfeil (31573)
 Vieille-Toulouse (31575)
 Vieillevigne (31576)
 Vignaux (31577)
 Vigoulet-Auzil (31578)
 Villariès (31579)
 Villaudric (31581)
 Villefranche-de-Lauragais (31582)
 Villematier (31583)
 Villemur-sur-Tarn (31584)
 Villeneuve-Tolosane (31588)
 Villeneuve-lès-Bouloc (31587)
 Villenouvelle (31589)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 31555  Toulouse  466,297  11 cantons  Toulouse Métropole 31149  Colomiers  38,541  Toulouse-7  Toulouse Métropole 31557  Tournefeuille  26,674  Tournefeuille  Toulouse Métropole 31069  Blagnac  23,416  Blagnac  Toulouse Métropole 31424  Plaisance-du-Touch  17,278  Plaisance-du-Touch  La Save Au Touch 31157  Cugnaux  17,004  Tournefeuille  Toulouse Métropole 31044  Balma  15,319  Toulouse-10  Toulouse Métropole 31446  Ramonville-Saint-Agne  13,986  Toulouse-11  Le Sicoval 31113  Castanet-Tolosan  12,640  Castanet-Tolosan  Le Sicoval 31561  L'Union  11,676  Toulouse-9  Toulouse Métropole 31506  Saint-Orens-de-Gameville  11,581  Castanet-Tolosan  Toulouse Métropole 31488  Saint-Jean  10,386  Toulouse-9  Toulouse Métropole 31116  Castelginest  9,749  Castelginest  Toulouse Métropole 31451  Revel  9,387  Revel  Lauragais Revel Sorezois

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

References

Toulouse