Boussens is a

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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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Geography

The commune is bordered by four other communes:

Martres-Tolosane Martres-Tolosane (; oc, Martras Tolosana) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department, Southwestern France. Martres-Tolosane station has rail connections to Toulouse, Pau and Tarbes. Geography The commune is bordered by nine other communes: ...

to the north,

Le Fréchet Le Fréchet (; oc, Eth Herishet) 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 reg ...

to the northwest, Mancioux to the southwest, and finally by

Roquefort-sur-Garonne Roquefort-sur-Garonne (, literally ''Roquefort on Garonne''; oc, Ròcahòrt de Garona) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Garonne department The following is a li ...

across the river

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 – ...

to the east. The river

flows through the commune, forming a border with

Population

International relationships

Bouseens is twinned with Boussens in Switzerland, and these two villages has similar name, and become a

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in 1987.

Transport

Boussens station has rail connections to Toulouse, Pau and Tarbes.

References

Communes of Haute-Garonne Comminges {{HauteGaronne-geo-stub