Haute-Garonne (Department, France)

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Administrative data

Code: 31
Region: Midi-Pyrénées
Traditional provinces: Languedoc, Guyenne-et-Gascogne
Bordering departments: Ariège, Aude, Gers, Hautes-Pyrénées, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne
Bordering country: Spain (Autonomous Community of Aragon, province of Huesca, and Autonomous Community of Catalonia, province of Lleida)

Area: 6,309 km²
Population (1995): 990,700 inhabitants

Préfecture: Toulouse
Sous-préfectures: Murat, Saint-Gaudens
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 50 cantons, 587 communes.

The department is named after the river Garonne ( 650 km), tributary of.Atlantic Ocean.