Portet-sur-Garonne

Portet-sur-Garonne
Commune
The church in Portet-sur-Garonne
Coat of arms
Location of Portet-sur-Garonne
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Coordinates: 43°31′23″N 1°24′24″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Muret
Canton	Portet-sur-Garonne
Intercommunality	Le Muretain Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Suaud
Area 1	16.19 km2 (6.25 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	9,805
• Density	610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31433 /31120
Elevation	142–235 m (466–771 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Portet-sur-Garonne (French pronunciation: [pɔʁtɛ syʁ ɡaʁɔn], literally Portet on Garonne; Languedocien: Portèth de Garona) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Portet-Saint-Simon station has rail connections to Foix, Tarbes, and Toulouse, which is the nearest big city, about 10 km away.

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Portésiens in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 700 —     1800 749 +0.97% 1806 794 +0.98% 1821 730 −0.56% 1831 807 +1.01% 1836 914 +2.52% 1841 871 −0.96% 1846 1,027 +3.35% 1851 1,073 +0.88% 1856 1,108 +0.64% 1861 1,121 +0.23% 1866 1,117 −0.07% 1872 1,006 −1.73% 1876 1,042 +0.88% 1881 1,024 −0.35% 1886 1,017 −0.14% 1891 1,060 +0.83% 1896 937 −2.44% 1901 897 −0.87%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 874 −0.52% 1911 870 −0.09% 1921 827 −0.51% 1926 898 +1.66% 1931 987 +1.91% 1936 1,209 +4.14% 1946 2,071 +5.53% 1954 3,820 +7.95% 1962 4,398 +1.78% 1968 5,432 +3.58% 1975 6,014 +1.46% 1982 6,872 +1.92% 1990 8,030 +1.97% 1999 8,733 +0.94% 2007 9,781 +1.43% 2012 9,406 −0.78% 2017 9,721 +0.66% 2018 9,791 +0.72%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Camp du Récébédou
• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department