Arrondissements of the Haute-Garonne department
There are 3 arrondissements in the Haute-Garonne department.[1] The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.
If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture.
Arrondissements are further divided into cantons and communes.
The arrondissements of Haute-Garonne are:
| INSEE code |
Arrondissement | Capital | Population[2] (2014) |
Area[3] (km²) |
Density (Inh./km²) |
Communes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 311 | Muret | Muret | 215,606 | 1,639.0 | 131.5 | 126 |
| 312 | Saint-Gaudens | Saint-Gaudens | 77,545 | 2,139.6 | 36.2 | 237 |
| 313 | Toulouse | Toulouse | 1,024,517 | 2,530.7 | 404.8 | 226 |
History
[change | change source]Since its creation, the Haute-Garonne department has had some changes:[4]
- 1790 : creation of the department with eight districts: Toulouse, Rieux, Villefranche-de-Lauragais, Castelsarrasin, Muret, Saint-Gaudens, Revel, Grenadel
- 1800 : creation of the arrondissements: Toulouse, Castelsarrasin, Muret, Saint-Gaudens, Villefranche
- 1803 : the arrondissement of Muret is eliminated
- 1806 : restoration of the arrondissement of Muret
- 1808 : the arrondissement of Castelsarrasin is eliminated and became part of the new department of Tarn-et-Garonne
- 1926 : the arrondissements of Muret and Villefranche are eliminated
- 1942 : restoration of the arrondissement of Muret
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Liste des arrondissement du département de la Haute-Garonne" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ↑ "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes: 31 - Haute Garonne" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. December 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ↑ "Département de la Haute-Garonne (31) (et arrondissements)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ↑ "Historique de la Haute-Garonne". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 30 September 2013.