Arrondissement of Muret

The arrondissement of Muret is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Haute-Garonne departement 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 Ariege (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: Cazeres, 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-Leze (31052)
Bois-de-la-Pierre (31071)
Bonrepos-sur-Aussonnelle (31075)
Boussens (31084)
Bragayrac (31087)
Berat (31065)
Cambernard (31101)
Canens (31103)
Capens (31104)
Carbonne (31107)
Castagnac (31111)
Castelnau-Picampeau (31119)
Casties-Labrande (31122)
Caujac (31128)
Cazeres (31135)
Cintegabelle (31145)
Couladere (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)
Grepiac (31233)
Labarthe-sur-Leze (31248)
Labastide-Clermont (31250)
Labastidette (31253)
Labruyere-Dorsa (31256)
Lacaugne (31258)
Lafitte-Vigordane (31261)
Lagardelle-sur-Leze (31263)
Lagrace-Dieu (31264)
Lahage (31266)
Lahitere (31267)
Lamasquere (31269)
Lapeyrere (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-Saves (31359)
Montaut (31361)
Montberaud (31362)
Montbrun-Bocage (31365)
Montclar-de-Comminges (31367)
Montesquieu-Volvestre (31375)
Montgazin (31379)
Montgras (31382)
Montoussin (31387)
Montegut-Bourjac (31370)
Mones (31353)
Muret (31395)
Noe (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)
Sabonneres (31464)
Saiguede (31466)
Saint-Araille (31469)
Saint-Christaud (31474)
Saint-Clar-de-Riviere (31475)
Saint-Hilaire (31486)
Saint-Julien-sur-Garonne (31492)
Saint-Lys (31499)
Saint-Michel (31505)
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Leze (31517)
Saint-Thomas (31518)
Saint-Elix-le-Chateau (31476)
Sainte-Foy-de-Peyrolieres (31481)
Sajas (31520)
Salles-sur-Garonne (31525)
Sana (31530)
Saubens (31533)
Saveres (31538)
Seysses (31547)
Senarens (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
Muret