Auterive (; ) is a
commune in the
Haute-Garonne
Haute-Garonne (; , ; ''Upper Garonne'') is a department in the southwestern French region of Occitanie. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country's fourth-largest. ...
department in southwestern
France
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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.
Geography
The town lies on the eastern banks of the
Ariège river.
The commune is bordered by eleven other communes:
Grépiac and
Labruyère-Dorsa to the north,
Miremont to the northwest,
Auragne to the northeast,
Mauvaisin to the east,
Cintegabelle
Cintegabelle (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France
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to the southeast,
Caujac to the south,
Mauressac and
Grazac to the southwest, and finally by
Lagrâce-Dieu and
Puydaniel to the west.
Population
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Auterivains'' in French.
International relationships
Auterive is twinned with:
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Arenys de Mar, Spain
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Fontanelle
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, Italy
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Südheide, Germany
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Marsa, Malta
See also
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Communes of the Haute-Garonne department
The following is a list of the 586 communes in the French department of Haute-Garonne.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
Communes of Haute-Garonne
Languedoc
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