Beaumont-sur-Lèze (, literally ''Beaumont on

Lèze The Lèze () is a long river in the Ariège and Haute-Garonne ''départements'', southwestern France. Its source is in La Bastide-de-Sérou. It flows generally north. It is a left tributary of the Ariège into which it flows between Labarthe-su ...

''; oc, Bèumont de Lesat) 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 ...

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

in southwestern

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. According to the 2008 census it had a population of 1485, increasing to 1557 at the 2018 census.

Geography

The

forms part of the commune's southwestern border, flows northeastward through the middle of the commune and crosses the village. The border between Beaumont-sur-Lèze and Montaut is formed both land and river borders. The commune is very near to the capital of the

arrondissement of Muret The arrondissement of Muret is an arrondissement of France in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region. It has 126 communes. Its population is 220,791 (2016), and its area is . Its seat is in Muret. Composition The communes of the ar ...

Muret Muret (; in Gascon Occitan ''Murèth'') is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department, of which it is a subprefecture, in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Muretains''. It is an outer suburb of the city o ...

. The commune is bordered by eight other communes:

Eaunes Eaunes (; oc, Èunas) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Population The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Eaunois'' or ''Eaunoises'' in French. Twin towns Eaunes is twinned with: * Casier, Italy * A ...

to the north,

Lagardelle-sur-Lèze Lagardelle-sur-Lèze (, literally ''Lagardelle on Lèze''; oc, La Gardèla de Lesa) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Population The inhabitants of the commune are called ''Lagardellois'' in French. Twinning ...

to the northeast,

to the northwest,

Le Fauga Le Fauga (; oc-gsc, Le Haugar) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Population Economy The commune once had the headquarters of Air Méditerranée Air Méditerranée was a French charter airline headquartere ...

to the west, Mauzac to the southwest, Montaut across by the river

and the land border to the south, and finally by

Auribail Auribail (; oc, Aurivalh) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The commune is bordered by five other communes: Beaumont-sur-Lèze to the north, Miremont to the east, Lagrâce-Dieu to the southeast, S ...

to the southeast.

Geography

Population

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