Haute-Garonne

**Haute-Garonne** ("Upper Garonne"; ) is a department in the southwest of France named after the Garonne river. Its main city and prefecture of the department is Toulouse.

## History
Haute-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790.  It was created from part of the former province of Languedoc.

The department was originally larger than now because it included the district of Castelsarrasin which was transferred to the department of Tarn-et-Garonne when it was created in 1808.

## Geography 
Haute-Garonne has an area of .
# A first plain, to the north of the Pyrenees, that extends from Montréjeau to Saint-Martory
# A second plain, the vast plain of Toulouse, that extends from Saint-Martory to the northern border of the department.

### Climate
The climate of the department is an oceanic climate with template summers, **Cfb** in the Köppen climate classification.

## Administration
The department is managed by the *Departamental Council of the Haute-Garonne* in Toulouse. The Haute-Garonne is part of the region of Occitanie.

### Administrative divisions
There are 3 *arrondissements* (districts), 27 *cantons* and 589 *communes* (municipalities) in the Haute-Garonne.

The following is a list of the 27 cantons of the Haute-Garonne department (with their INSEE codes), in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:

# Auterive (3101)
# Bagnères-de-Luchon (3102)
# Blagnac (3103)
# Castanet-Tolosan (3104)
# Castelginest (3105)
# Cazères (3106)
# Escalquens (3107)
# Léguevin (3108)
# Muret (3109)
# Pechbonnieu (3110)
# Plaisance-du-Touch (3111)
# Portet-sur-Garonne (3112)
# Revel (3113)
# Saint-Gaudens (3114)
# Toulouse-1 (3115)
# Toulouse-2 (3116)
# Toulouse-3 (3117)
# Toulouse-4 (3118)
# Toulouse-5 (3119)
# Toulouse-6 (3120)
# Toulouse-7 (3121)
# Toulouse-8 (3122)
# Toulouse-9 (3123)
# Toulouse-10 (3124)
# Toulouse-11 (3125)
# Tournefeuille (3126)
# Villemur-sur-Tarn (3127)

## Population
The inhabitants of Haute-Garonne are known, in French, as *Haut-Garonnais* (women: *Haut-Garonnaises*).

Haute-Garonne has a population, in 2014, of 1,317,668, for a population density of  inhabitants/km2. The *arrondissement* of Toulouse, with 1,024,517 inhabitants, is by far the largest. The other two, Muret and Saint-Gaudens, have respectively 215,606 and 77,545 inhabitants.

**Evolution of the population in Haute-Garonne**

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The 10 cities with more people living in them in 2014 in the department are:
 in Toulouse.]]

## Gallery

File:Toulouse Capitole Night Wikimedia Commons.jpg|*Capitole* de Toulouse at night
File:Laréole - Le chateau - Façade Nord Ouest.jpg|Château de Laréole
File:Bagnères-de-Luchon vue Pyrénées.JPG|Pyrenees seen from Bagnères-de-Luchon
File:Lac d'OO-01.jpg|Lac d'Oô

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

## References
## Other websites
* Departamental Council website  
* Prefecture website  
* Tourism website  
* Photography Panoramics 360° website