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*. 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.

## Composition
### 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*:

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Muret has 126 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes):

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

The *communes* in the *arrondissement* with more inhabitants are:

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

## References