Cazères (; oc, Casèras), or sometimes locally called as Cazères-sur-Garonne, is a small town and commune 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' ...

department in southwestern

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Cazères station Cazères is a railway station in Cazères, Occitanie, France. The station is on the Toulouse–Bayonne railway. The station is served by TER (local) services operated by the SNCF The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbrev ...

has rail connections to Toulouse, Pau and Tarbes. It is the seat (capital) of the

canton of Cazères The canton of Cazères 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 Cazères. Its coverage was ex ...

. The 2010 Census recorded the town having a population of 4,667 distributed between 1,290 households, decreasing to a population of 4,799 in 1,357 households in the 2019 Census.

Geography

The town lies on the banks of the

Garonne The Garonne (, also , ; Occitan, Catalan, Basque, and es, Garona, ; la, Garumna or ) is a river of southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux – a ...

river, which is forming a border with Gensac-sur-Garonne, Saint-Christaud, and Couladère. The commune is bordered by nine other communes: Lavelanet-de-Comminges 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 commu ...

to the northwest, Saint-Julien-sur-Garonne to the northeast, Gensac-sur-Garonne to the east, Saint-Christaud across the river

to the southeast, Couladère across the river Garonne to the south,

Palaminy Palaminy (; oc, Palamenic) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography Climate Palaminy has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely ...

and Saint-Michel to the southwest, and finally by

Mondavezan Mondavezan (; oc, Montdavesan) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas region ...

to the east.

Population

The inhabitants of Cazères are known as ''Cazérien(ne)s'' in French.

Twin towns

Cazères is twinned with: *

Collbató Collbató () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Baix Llobregat in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the southern slopes of Montserrat. The area has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC, as shown by Neolithic remains found in caves ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , ...

(since 10 October,

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)

Geography

Population

Twin towns

See also