Muret (; in Gascon

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''Murèth'') is a commune in the

Haute-Garonne Haute-Garonne (; , ; ''Upper Garonne'') is a department in the southwestern French region of Occitanie. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country's fourth-largest. ...

department, of which it is a

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, in the Occitanie

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of southwestern

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. Its inhabitants are called ''Muretains''. It is an outer

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of the city of

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, even though it is not in the region of Toulouse Métropole, which it has declined to join. It lies southwest of Toulouse and is the largest component of the intercommunality of Le Muretain Agglo. Muret is generally known for the Battle of Muret (1213) and as the birthplace of the Renaissance humanist Muretus (1526–1585) and of Clément Ader (1841–1925), inventor and

aviation Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' include fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air aircraft such as h ...

pioneer. It is also the birthplace of the from which Adolphe Niel,

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and

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, was derived.

Geography

A floral town (two flowers) located in the and the , south of

. It is equidistant from the

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and the

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, on the .

Localities and hamlets

, Estantens, Cupidou.

Communal borders

Geology and relief

The commune is established on the first on its left bank. Its right bank is overhung by a steep slope which deeply cut the

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of the

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era. It has an area of and an altitude ranging from .

Transport

*By road: By the and the A64 autoroute (old ), exits , , . *By rail: By the

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, Gare de Muret TER Occitanie on the Toulouse - Bayonne line (). *By bus: By the network, Tisséo and the TAMtam network. **Several Tisséo bus routes connect the commune to the Toulouse Metro, including: ** 58 bus route from to the lycée Pierre-d'Aragon passing through the centre of the commune. ** 117 bus route from to Muret railway station. *By air: Muret is from Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, as well as from the Muret – Lherm Aerodrome (tourist flights) and the (business jets).

Hydrography

Muret is located on the

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river at its

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with the Louge, which flows northeast through the commune. The Garonne flows north through the commune and forms part of its northern border. The

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of the

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is also in the commune, and the .

Climate

Muret has an oceanic

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, with

and continental influences, characterised by a hot, dry summer, mild winter and a spring marked by heavy rains and severe thunderstorms. The prevailing

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s are, in order of importance, the west wind (usually bringing moisture from the

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), the southeast wind (also called the , a rather hot, dry wind) and the north, which is much less frequent and generally a cold and dry wind (bringing air from cold anticyclonic masses in Northern

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). Muret has averaged 24 days of extreme heat and 33 days of frost per year. The rainiest months are April, May and June. The normal minimum temperatures occur in January with average , and the maximum normal temperatures in August with .

History

Prehistory and antiquity

Various discoveries by local archaeologists suggest that the territory of Muret was populated as early as the

Neolithic The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...

period: A hut foundation dating from 4000 BC has been unearthed to the north of the town. Different objects in the

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, around 3,000 to 2,500 BC; then the

Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...

from 1,700 BC indicate the permanence of the population here. A series of Gallo-Roman brick kilns dating back to the 1st century AD is located along the right bank of the Garonne. A villa occupied the site of the current town centre; surrounded by protective walls it was given the name of Murellum, which became Murel, and then Muret in the

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Middle Ages

On 12 September 1213 the Battle of Muret took place between Simon de Montfort and a coalition force under the control of Count Raymond of Toulouse, and King

Peter II of Aragon Peter II the Catholic (; ) (July 1178 – 12 September 1213) was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1196 to 1213. Background Peter was born in Huesca, the son of Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Sancha ...

. Muret entered history. That day, the battle changed the horizons of both sides of the Pyrenean border and saw the fate of

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decided. In an era where feudal entities (including the

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and his allies) still believed that they were able to play a role in the control of the southern areas on both slopes of the

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, the lords of the north of France, who spearheaded the

Albigensian Crusade The Albigensian Crusade (), also known as the Cathar Crusade (1209–1229), was a military and ideological campaign initiated by Pope Innocent III to eliminate Catharism in Languedoc, what is now southern France. The Crusade was prosecuted pri ...

, attempted to impose themselves upon the south and eliminate

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. De Montfort had been fighting Albigensian heretics during the

, when he was besieged by the vastly superior coalition army. Refusing to surrender or be starved into submission, de Montfort went on the offensive. Leading his knights out of the town, he proceeded to position them in a wide arc, then fell upon the Toulouse cavalry with a noise ''like a whole forest going down under the axe''. Next to fall before the Crusader army was the Aragonian cavalry, where King Peter himself fell to the sword. After this, all that was left was to scatter the remaining cavalry defending the coalition camp before turning on the infantry that had been besieging Muret's walls. Despite their overwhelming advantage in numbers,the coalition army numbering almost 34,000 men was destroyed by de Montfort's army of only 2,100. The siege of Muret was lifted. 7,000-20,000 coalition troops were killed compared to a handful of casualties for de Monfort's army. So it was at Muret, on 12 September 1213, where King Peter II of Aragon who came to reinforce the local Occitan forces, lost his life. This defeat of the Occitano-Aragonese troops heralded the annexation of the

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to the Crown of

and the end of Catharism.

World War II

Heraldry

Politics and administration

Political trends and outcomes

The commune is part of the .

List of mayors

Judicial and administrative proceedings

The capable courts for the commune of Muret are the

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of Muret, the of Toulouse, the

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, the , Toulouse

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, the Industrial Tribunal of Toulouse, the of Toulouse, the of Toulouse and the of Bordeaux.

International relations

Muret is twinned with: * Monzón,

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Demography

In 2017, the commune had 24,945 inhabitants.

Economy

Muret is a true centrality in the area of life and activity of the Muretain, near Toulouse. Its stable economic fabric is composed primarily of small and medium-sized enterprises and industries, covering many sectors of activities. The economic development jurisdiction is exercised by the Agglomération Community of Muretain, which develops and consolidates the local economic fabric, and helps the creation of enterprises for the benefit of employment. Muret has important reserves mainly located on the areas of activities of the territory. Muret Gateway: located north of the town, at the junction of the A64 exit. *Cap Clément Ader / Les Bonnets: Adjacent to the Muret-Lherm airport, with in its centre, the international karting. *Joffrery: at the northern entrance of Muret. *Marclan: north of the town. *Sans Soucis: at the northern boundary of the town.

Industry

* * Laboratoires Pierre Fabre *

Services

*: *, specialised in long sentences.

Bertrand Cantat Bertrand Lucien Bruno Cantat (, ; born 5 March 1964) is a French singer, songwriter, and murderer. Known for being the former frontman of the rock band Noir Désir, in 2003, he was proven guilty without a doubt and convicted of the murder ("murde ...

, was held in this centre from 28 September 2004 to 15 October 2007 for the killing of his girlfriend, the actress Marie Trintignant.

Infrastructure

* Muret – Lherm Aerodrome * Gare de Muret * TDF transmitter

Personalities linked to the commune

, (1177?-1213), King of the

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, died at the Battle of Muret. A

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in the town bears his name. * :* Adolphe Niel (1802–1869),

(1859) and

under

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:* (1846–1918), son of the Marshal, general of brigade (1897), was buried at Muret as his parents and his cousins, the Niels of Brioudes. :* * Nicolas Dalayrac (1753–1809),

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of comic operas. * Clément Ader (1841–1925),

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Vincent Auriol Vincent Jules Auriol (; 27 August 1884 – 1 January 1966) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1947 to 1954. Early life and politics Auriol was born in Revel, Haute-Garonne, as the only child of Jacques Antoine Aurio ...

(1884–1966),

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of Muret (1925), first President of the Fourth Republic, and his wife, (1896–1979) * Guillaume Ibos (1860–1952),

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Charles de Rémusat Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...

(1797–1875), politician and

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, deputy of Muret. * Marc-Antoine Muret, humanist, (1526–1585). * Saint Germerius, (circa 691 AD). * Christian Jeanpierre (1965–), sports presenter on

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, presenter of '' Téléfoot''. * Louis-Noël Belaubre,

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and composer (1932). * (1746–1802), Member of the Estates General. *, deputy, died at Muret * Manon André, Rugby Union player *, actress, died at Muret *, politician died at Muret *, politician died at Muret *, singer, primarily in

*, born in Muret * Albert van Schendel and Antoon van Schendel, road bicycle riders, died at Muret

Monuments and tourist sights

Historic monuments

*The Church of Santiago de Muret, main monument of the town: It was built in the 12th century through the Counts of Comminges who made wall their principal residence. It is redesigned and enlarged in the 14th and 15th centuries. Particularly noteworthy is its octagonal steeple of Toulouse type. It is classified as early as 1928. In 1538 - 1548, a large vaulted choir was added at the end of the panelled Gothic

nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...

. Its decor is restored after the depredations of the Revolution, under the first Empire, in a neo-classical style and side chapels were built. *House of 1823, 30 ''Rue Clément-Ader'' * Clément Ader Park *The Château de Cadeilhac *The Château de Rudelle is a 16th and 17th century

castle A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private ...

. Privately owned, it is inscribed on the list of historic monuments, listed as an historic site by the

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. The , organised by commune. Muret-Eglise Saint Jacques-Travée centrale et choeur.jpg, The Church of Saint-Jacques: Nave and choir Muret-Eglise Saint Jacques-Orgue.jpg, The Church of Saint-Jacques: Organ Muret-Eglise Saint Jacques-Chapelle Notre-Dame de La Salette.jpg, The Church of Saint-Jacques: Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes

Other monuments and sites

*Domain of Brioudes *

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of Marshal Niel *Chapel of Saint-Amans of Estantens *Château de Montégut-Ségla where lived *Jean Jaurès Park *Clement Ader Park Muret - chapelle Saint-Amans - façade Sud 01.jpg, The south side of the Chapel of Saint-Amans of Estantens

Local life

Public service

Muret has a

, , a

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, a

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...

tax A tax is a mandatory financial charge or levy imposed on an individual or legal entity by a governmental organization to support government spending and public expenditures collectively or to regulate and reduce negative externalities. Tax co ...

office, a retirement home, a centre assigned to the A64 autoroute and a tourist office.

Health

The commune has a hospital (

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disabled Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physica ...

), a versatile

clinic A clinic (or outpatient clinic or ambulatory care clinic) is a health facility that is primarily focused on the care of outpatients. Clinics can be privately operated or publicly managed and funded. They typically cover the primary care needs ...

with (

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and medical radiology), a , a retirement home, a day hospital, laboratories for medical analyses,

ambulance An ambulance is a medically-equipped vehicle used to transport patients to treatment facilities, such as hospitals. Typically, out-of-hospital medical care is provided to the patient during the transport. Ambulances are used to respond to ...

services, nurses,

midwives A midwife (: midwives) is a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns around childbirth, a specialisation known as midwifery. The education and training for a midwife concentrates extensively on the care of women throughout their ...

general practitioner A general practitioner (GP) is a doctor who is a Consultant (medicine), consultant in general practice. GPs have distinct expertise and experience in providing whole person medical care, whilst managing the complexity, uncertainty and risk ass ...

s, rehabilitation professionals, pedicurists-

podiatrists A podiatrist ( ) is a medical professional devoted to the treatment of disorders of the foot, ankle, and related structures of the leg. The term originated in North America but has now become the accepted term in the English-speaking world for ...

and

dentist A dentist, also known as a dental doctor, dental physician, dental surgeon, is a health care professional who specializes in dentistry, the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth. The dentist's supporting team aids in provi ...

Education

Education is provided at the commune of Muret's creche, passing through , and collège until the ''lycée''

and all being complemented by the municipal

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and outdoor centre. The city is also home to a branch of the National School of civil aviation.

Culture

Muret has multiple cultural facilities, including: *François Mitterrand Media Library *Clément-Ader Museum *Cinema *The Nicolas-Daylarac municipal school of art teaching *Contemporary art gallery Duniya The World Of Muret is home for the well-known Francophone literary award Prix du jeune écrivain de langue française, founded in 1984.

Sports

Muret offers more than 100 sport and leisure events per year. Its facilities are many and varied:

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nasiums,

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

courts, recreation area with a fitness trail, two landscaped lakes, international karting, an

aerodrome An aerodrome, airfield, or airstrip is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for public or private use. Aerodromes inc ...

, a

canoeing Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. In some parts of Europe, canoeing refers to both canoeing and kayaking, with a canoe being called an 'open canoe' or Canadian. A few of the recreational ...

facility, three bowling facilities, a skate park, two

shooting range A shooting range, firing range, gun range or shooting ground is a specialized facility, venue, or field designed specifically for firearm usage qualifications, training, practice, or competitions. Some shooting ranges are operated by milita ...

s, a velodrome, a equestrianism, riding club and the ''Aqualudia'', the Muretain Human swimming, swimming centre with its six indoor and outdoor pools. Muret has more than 50 sporting associations, including: *Avenir Muretain XV, Rugby union club which plays in Fédérale 3. *, Association football, football club which played in the Championnat National (3rd division) and the Amicale sportive muretaine (féminines), AS Muret women's team. *Texman, Contract bridge, bridge club with 120 members. *The took place at Muret. *The American football team. Muret will also host the departure for Stage 13 of Road bicycle racing, cycling's] 2015 Tour de France on 17 July, with a route to Rodez.

Worship

Catholic

The town is part of the pastoral sector of Muret, which includes the parishes of Saint-Jacques, Saint-Jean, and the parishes of the villages: Estantens, , Le Fauga, Eaunes and Saint-Hilaire, Haute-Garonne, Saint-Hilaire. Father Joseph Coltro is the senior priest of this pastoral area.

Protestant

The cultural association of the Evangelical Church in Muret occupies premises located at 12 ''Chemin de la Pyramide'', inaugurated in November 2012 after a year of work. The pastor is Bernard Gisquet.

Muslim

The Association of Franco-Muslim culture and worship of Muret (AFMCCM) acquired the premises of a former locksmith, Rue Marclan, in an industrial area north of Muret, in 2000, for the founding of the mosque of Muret.

Ecology and recycling

Collection and treatment of household waste and assimilated waste as well as protection and the development of the environment are part of the . There is a Civic amenity site, recycling centre in the commune.

References

External links

* {{authority control Communes of Haute-Garonne Subprefectures in France Comminges Muret,