Portet-sur-Garonne

Portet-sur-Garonne (French pronunciation: [pɔʁtɛ syʁ ɡaʁɔn], literally Portet on Garonne; Languedocien: Portèth de Garona) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Portet-Saint-Simon station has rail connections to Foix, Tarbes, and Toulouse, which is the nearest big city, about 10 km away.

Portet-sur-Garonne
Commune
The church in Portet-sur-Garonne
Coat of arms
Location of Portet-sur-Garonne
Portet-sur-Garonne Show map of France Portet-sur-Garonne Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 43°31′23″N 1°24′24″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Muret
Canton	Portet-sur-Garonne
Intercommunality	Le Muretain Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Suaud[1]
Area 1	16.19 km2 (6.25 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	9,798
• Density	610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31433 /31120
Elevation	142–235 m (466–771 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Portésiens in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 700 —     1800 749 +0.97% 1806 794 +0.98% 1821 730 −0.56% 1831 807 +1.01% 1836 914 +2.52% 1841 871 −0.96% 1846 1,027 +3.35% 1851 1,073 +0.88% 1856 1,108 +0.64% 1861 1,121 +0.23% 1866 1,117 −0.07% 1872 1,006 −1.73% 1876 1,042 +0.88% 1881 1,024 −0.35% 1886 1,017 −0.14% 1891 1,060 +0.83% 1896 937 −2.44% 1901 897 −0.87%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 874 −0.52% 1911 870 −0.09% 1921 827 −0.51% 1926 898 +1.66% 1931 987 +1.91% 1936 1,209 +4.14% 1946 2,071 +5.53% 1954 3,820 +7.95% 1962 4,398 +1.78% 1968 5,432 +3.58% 1975 6,014 +1.46% 1982 6,872 +1.92% 1990 8,030 +1.97% 1999 8,733 +0.94% 2007 9,781 +1.43% 2012 9,406 −0.78% 2017 9,721 +0.66% 2018 9,791 +0.72%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Camp du Récébédou
• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department