Cazères

Cazères (French pronunciation: [kazɛʁ]; Occitan: Casèras), or sometimes locally called as Cazères-sur-Garonne, is a small town and commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Cazères station has rail connections to Toulouse, Pau and Tarbes. It is the seat (capital) of the canton of Cazères.

Cazères Casèras (Occitan)
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Cazères
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Coordinates: 43°12′26″N 1°05′12″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Muret
Canton	Cazères
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Raymond Defis[1]
Area 1	19.55 km2 (7.55 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	4,818
• Density	250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31135 /31220
Elevation	215–362 m (705–1,188 ft) (avg. 240 m or 790 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The town's population (as of the 2019 Census) is 4,799 people in 1,357 households.

Geography

The town lies on the banks of the Garonne river, which is forming a border with Gensac-sur-Garonne, Saint-Christaud, and Couladère.

The commune is bordered by nine other communes: Lavelanet-de-Comminges to the north, Le Fousseret to the northwest, Saint-Julien-sur-Garonne to the northeast, Gensac-sur-Garonne to the east, Saint-Christaud across the river Garonne 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.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,405	—
1975	3,419	+0.06%
1982	3,294	−0.53%
1990	3,155	−0.54%
1999	3,260	+0.36%
2007	4,129	+3.00%
2012	4,883	+3.41%
2017	4,889	+0.02%
2019	4,799	−0.92%
Source: INSEE[3]

Twin towns

Cazères is twinned with:

• Collbató, Spain (since 10 October, 1986)

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department