Carbonne (; oc, Carbona) is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

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

A64 autoroute The A64 autoroute is a motorway in southwestern France. It is also called the ''La Pyrénéenne'' and numbered the European route E80. It is a toll road for part of its length. Aligned East-West, it connects Toulouse to Bayonne via Tarbes and P ...

passes near the village. Carbonne station on the

Toulouse–Bayonne railway The railway from Toulouse to Bayonne is an important French 319-kilometre long railway line, that connects the southern city Toulouse to the southwestern town Bayonne, running along the foothills of the Pyrenees. The railway was opened in several s ...

has rail connections to Toulouse, Pau and Tarbes. It is situated at the confluence of the river

Arize The Arize (; oc, Arisa) is a river of France, a right tributary of the Garonne. It arises at in the massif of Arize, in the Pyrenees, in the department of Ariège. The Arize is long and flows into the Garonne at Carbonne. In its first it ...

into 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 – ...

. There is a hydro-electrical dam located at the Garonne. The commune is bordered by nine other communes:

Longages Longages (; oc, Longatges) is a large village and commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is best known for the castle which dominates the village. Population Geography The commune is bordered by seven other commun ...

to the north,

Capens Capens is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The village lies on the left banks of the Garonne river, which flows northeast through the middle of the commune. The commune is bordered by five other commu ...

to the northeast, Marquefave to the east,

Lacaugne Lacaugne (; oc, La Caunha) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The commune is bordered by five other communes, four of them is in Haute-Garonne, and one in Ariège: Marquefave to the north, Montgaz ...

and

Latrape Latrape (; oc, La Trapa) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The commune is bordered by eight other communes, seven of them is in Haute-Garonne, and one in Ariège: Lacaugne to the north, Carbonne a ...

to the southeast, Rieux-Volvestre to the south,

Salles-sur-Garonne Salles-sur-Garonne (, literally ''Salles on Garonne''; oc, Salas de Garona) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Population Geography The commune is bordered by five other communes: Lafitte-Vigordane to the nor ...

to the southwest,

Lafitte-Vigordane Lafitte-Vigordane is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The commune is bordered by six other communes: Peyssies to the north, Gratens across the river Louge to the northwest, Marignac-Lasclares across th ...

to the west, and finally by Peyssies to the northwest.

Population

Economy

Agriculture based on the culture of cereals (

maize Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The ...

wheat Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus ''Triticum'' ; the most widely grown is common wheat (''T. aestivum''). The archaeologi ...

, ...) still has an important place but tends to diminish in favour of residential zones, due to the proximity of the agglomeration of

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Pa ...

International relations

Carbonne is twinned with: * Galliera Veneta (

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) * Monmouth (

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) * Korschenbroich (

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) since 1988 * Fuente Obejuna (

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") , i ...

)

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