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| Haute-Garonne department | |
| Capital | Toulouse |
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| Residents | 1.380.672 (2018) |
| surface | 6,309 km² |
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Haute-Garonne is a department in the French region Midi-Pyrénées. The department with the serial number 31 lies in the Pyrenees, the main ridge of the mountains forms the border to Spain (Region Aragon). The departments are adjacent in a clockwise direction Hautes-Pyrénées, Gers, Tarn-et-Garonne, Camouflage, Aude and the department Ariège.
Regions
places
- Toulouse is the prefecture (administrative seat) of the department.
- Saint-Gaudens
- Luchon (officially Bagnères-de-Luchon), health resort with thermal spring
Other goals
background
language
getting there
By plane
The international airport is located in this department Toulouse-Blagnac, there are direct flights from the German-speaking area.
By train
There is a TGV train station in Toulouse.
In the street
The A 20 motorway from Paris and central France, the A 62 from Bordeaux, the A 61 from the Mediterranean (Montpellier / Perpignan), the A 64 from Biarritz and the A 68 from Albi lead to Haute-Garonne.
By boat
In this department meet the Canal du Midi and the Canal Latéral de la Garonne. Together they form the "Canal des Deux Mers", which connects the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. It can be used with pleasure boats and houseboats.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges. One of the most beautiful villages in France; Notre-Dame Cathedral and Saint-Just-de-Valcabrère Basilica; Remains of the forum and thermal baths of the Roman city Lugdunum Convenarum.
