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Code: 31
Region:
Midi-Pyrénées
Traditional provinces: Languedoc,
Guyenne-et-Gascogne
Bordering departments: Ariège,
Aude, Gers,
Hautes-Pyrénées,
Tarn,
Tarn-et-Garonne
Bordering country: Spain (Autonomous
Community of Aragon, province of
Huesca, and Autonomous Community of
Catalonia, province of
Lleida)
Area: 6,309 km2
Population (1995): 990,700 inhabitants
Préfecture: Toulouse
Sous-préfectures: Murat, Saint-Gaudens
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 50 cantons, 587 communes.
The department is named after the river Garonne ( 650 km), tributary of.Atlantic Ocean.