Cazères (; oc, Casèras), or sometimes locally called as Cazères-sur-Garonne, is a small town and

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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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. Cazères station has rail connections to Toulouse, Pau and Tarbes. It is the seat (capital) of the canton of Cazères. The 2010 Census recorded the town having a population of 4,667 distributed between 1,290 households, decreasing to a population of 4,799 in 1,357 households in the 2019 Census.

Geography

The town lies on the banks of 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 – ...

river, which is forming a border with

Gensac-sur-Garonne Gensac-sur-Garonne (, literally ''Gensac on Garonne''; oc, Gençac de Garona) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The commune is bordered by five other communes: Saint-Julien-sur-Garonne across the r ...

, Saint-Christaud, and Couladère. The commune is bordered by nine other communes:

Lavelanet-de-Comminges Lavelanet-de-Comminges (, literally ''Lavelanet of Comminges''; oc, L'Avereit de Comenge) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Population The inhabitants of the commune are known as Lavelanéciens Geography ...

to the north, Le Fousseret to the northwest,

Saint-Julien-sur-Garonne Saint-Julien-sur-Garonne (, literally ''Saint-Julien on Garonne''; before September 2005: ''Saint-Julien''; oc, Sent Julian de Garona) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The commune is bordered by si ...

to the northeast,

to the east, Saint-Christaud across the river

to the southeast, Couladère across the river Garonne to the south, Palaminy and Saint-Michel to the southwest, and finally by Mondavezan to the east.

Population

The inhabitants of Cazères are known as ''Cazérien(ne)s'' in French.

Twin towns

Cazères is twinned with: *

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(since 10 October,

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)

References

External links

Official site
Communes of Haute-Garonne {{HauteGaronne-geo-stub

Geography

Population

Twin towns

See also

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