Haute-Garonne: French depairtment

Its main ceety is Toulouse.

Haute-Garonne
Depairtment
Prefectur biggin o the Haute-Garonne depairtment, in Toulouse
Coat airms
Location o Haute-Garonne in Fraunce
Coordinates: 43°25′N 1°30′E / 43.417°N 1.500°E / 43.417; 1.500
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Occitanie
Prefectur	Toulouse
Subprefecturs	Saint-Gaudens Muret
Govrenment
• Preses o the General Cooncil	Pierre Izard
Area 1
• Total	6309 km2 (2,436 sq mi)
Population  (2007)
• Total	1,202,920
• Rank	14t
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Depairtment nummer	31
Arrondissements	3
Cantons	53
Communes	589
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuars, an lakes, ponds, an glaciers lairger than 1 km2

Haute-Garonne is ane o the oreeginal 83 depairtments creatit durin the French Revolution on 4 Mairch 1790. It wis creatit frae pairt o the umwhile province o Languedoc.

The depairtment wis oreeginally lairger. The reduction in its aurie resultit frae an imperial decree datit 21 November 1808 an which establishtd the neebourin depairtment o Tarn-et-Garonne, norlins. The new depairtment, creatit in response tae the pleadins o various locally pouerful politeecians, teuk territory frae five surroondin depairtments includin Haute-Garonne. The destricts lost tae Tarn-et-Garonne in 1808 wis the anes o Montech an Castelsarrasin.

Haute-Garonne is pairt o the current region o Midi-Pyrénées an is surroondit bi the depairtments o Hautes-Pyrénées, Gers, Tarn-et-Garonne, Tarn, Aude, an Ariège. It borders Spain in the sooth an aw (province o Lleida an province o Huesca).

The depairtment is crossed bi the upper course o the Garonne River (hence the name) for near 200 kilometre (120 mi)^*. The mairches o the depairtment follae the river. The Garonne enters Fraunce frae Spain at the toun o Fos, gaes throu Toulouse an leaves the depairtment The yondermaist sooth o the depairtment lees in the Pyrenees muntain range an is vera muntainous. The heichest elevation is the Peak of Perdiguère, at 3,222 metres (10,571 ft) abuin sea level.

The Preses o the General Cooncil is Pierre Izard o the Socialist Pairty.

The indwellers o the depairtment is cried Haut-Garonnais. The greatest population concentration is aroond Toulouse. The sooth o the depairtment is quite spairsely populate. Mair nor a million fowk indwell the depairtment at the lest census in 1999. Young fowk is weel representit wi 55% o the population unner the age o 40 an o thaim, 16% is atween the ages o 20 an 29. This is acause Toulouse is a varsity toun.

The lairgest touns are:

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  Capitole de Toulouse at nicht
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  Château de Laréole
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  Pyrenees seen frae Bagnères-de-Luchon
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  Lac d'Oô
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  Cité de l'espace

Winter Sports

The department haes fower ski resorts.

• Peyragudes (1600 m -2450 m), 55 km o slopes
• Luchon-Superbagnères (1440 m - 2260 m), 30 km o slopes
• Le Mourtis (1380 m - 1816 m), 22 km o slopes
• Bourg-d'Oueil (1350 m - 1500 m)

• Cantons o the Haute-Garonne depairtment
• Communes o the Haute-Garonne depairtment
• Arrondissements o the Haute-Garonne depairtment

• (in French) General cooncil wabsteid
• (in French) Prefectur wabsteid Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
• (in French) Tourism wabsteid Archived 2010-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
• (in French) Photography Panoramics 360° wabsteid