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
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* 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
France
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.
Geography
The commune is bordered by four other communes:
Gratens
Gratens is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France
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to the north,
Le Fousseret
Le Fousseret is a commune and a large village in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
Geography
The village lies in the middle of the commune, on the left bank of the Louge, which flows northeast through the middle of the commun ...
Louge
The Louge (; oc, Loja) is a long river in southwestern France, left tributary of the Garonne. Its source is in the département of Hautes-Pyrénées, near Lannemezan.
It flows generally north-northeast through the following ''départements'' and ...
to the east, and finally by
Saint-Élix-le-Château
Saint-Élix-le-Château is a village and commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is best known for the castle which dominates the village.
Population
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Saint-Élixois.
Geograp ...
across the river Louge to the southeast.
The river
Louge
The Louge (; oc, Loja) is a long river in southwestern France, left tributary of the Garonne. Its source is in the département of Hautes-Pyrénées, near Lannemezan.
It flows generally north-northeast through the following ''départements'' and ...
Saint-Élix-le-Château
Saint-Élix-le-Château is a village and commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is best known for the castle which dominates the village.
Population
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Saint-Élixois.
Geograp ...