Auterive (; oc, Autariba) is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

in the

Haute-Garonne Haute-Garonne (; oc, Nauta Garona, ; en, Upper Garonne) is a department in the Occitanie region of Southwestern France. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country's ...

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in southwestern

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. Auterive station has rail connections to Toulouse, Foix and Latour-de-Carol. It is the seat (capital) of the

canton of Auterive The canton of Auterive is an administrative division of the Haute-Garonne department, southern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Auterive. It consists of the ...

Geography

The town lies on the eastern banks of the Ariège river. The commune is bordered by eleven other communes:

Grépiac Grépiac (; oc, Grepiac) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The commune is bordered by six other communes: Venerque to the north, Vernet to the northwest, Issus to the northeast, Labruyère-Dorsa t ...

and

Labruyère-Dorsa Labruyère-Dorsa (; oc, La Bruguièra Dorçan) is a small rural village and commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The commune is bordered by four other communes: Issus to the northeast, Auragne to the east, ...

to the north, Miremont to the northwest,

Auragne Auragne (; oc, Auranha) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Population The inhabitants are known as Auragnais. See also *Communes of the Haute-Garonne department The following is a list of the 586 communes ...

to the northeast,

Mauvaisin Mauvaisin (; oc, Malvesin) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Garonne department The following is a list of the 586 communes of the French department of Haute ...

to the east,

Cintegabelle Cintegabelle (; oc, Senta Gabèla) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The commune is bordered by ten other communes, five of them is in Haute-Garonne and five of them is in Ariège: Auterive to the n ...

to the southeast,

Caujac Caujac () is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The commune is bordered by five other communes: Auterive to the north, Grazac to the northwest, Esperce to the west, Cintegabelle to the east, and final ...

to the south,

Mauressac Mauressac () is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The commune is bordered by four communes: Auterive to the northeast, Grazac to the southeast, Esperce to the southwest, and finally by Puydaniel to t ...

and Grazac to the southwest, and finally by

Lagrâce-Dieu Lagrâce-Dieu (; oc, La Gràcia de Dieu) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The commune is bordered by six other communes: Miremont to the north, Auterive to the east, Puydaniel to the south, Espe ...

and

Puydaniel Puydaniel (; oc, Puègdanièl) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Garonne department The following is a list of the 586 communes of the French department of ...

to the west.

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Auterivains'' in French.

International relationships

Auterive is twinned with: *

Arenys de Mar Arenys de Mar (, ''arenys'' being Catalan for "sands (of a seasonal creek)", and ''de mar'' for "by the sea" as opposed to Arenys de Munt, "sands up hill") is one of the main municipalities of the comarca of Maresme, Barcelona Province, Catalonia ...

, Spain *

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, Italy * Südheide, Germany