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's ...
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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in southwestern
France
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Geography
The commune is bordered by six other communes:
Venerque
Venerque (; oc, Venèrca) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France
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to the north,
Vernet Vernet is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Painters
* Antoine Vernet (1689-1753), French painter, father of Claude Joseph Vernet
* Claude Joseph Vernet
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to the northwest,
Issus
Issus may refer to:
* Issus (Cilicia), an ancient settlement in the modern Turkish province of Hatay
** Battle of Issus, in 333 BC, in which Alexander the Great defeated Darius III
* Issus (river), a river near the town and battle site
* Issus (di ...
to the northeast, Labruyère-Dorsa to the east, Auterive to the south, and finally by Miremont across the Ariège river to the southwest.
The river Ariège flows through the commune, forming a border with Miremont.