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Haute-Garonne (French pronunciation: [ot ɡaʁɔn]; Occitan: Nauta Garona, pronounced [ˈnawto ɡaˈɾuno]; Upper Garonne) is a department in the southwestern French region of Occitanie. Named after the river Garonne , which flows through the department.
France is divided into 577 constituencies (circonscriptions) for the election of deputies to the lower legislative House, the National Assembly (539 in Metropolitan France, 27 in the overseas departments and territories, and 11 for French residents overseas). Deputies are elected in a two round system to a term fixed to a maximum of five years.
Lot-et-Garonne: Agen Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Lot and Garonne rivers 48 26 February 1790 Lozère: Mende Occitanie: Mont Lozère: 49 26 February 1790 Maine-et-Loire 7: Angers Pays de la Loire: Maine and Loire rivers 50 26 February 1790 Manche: Saint-Lô Normandy: English Channel: 51 26 February 1790 Marne: Châlons-en-Champagne Grand Est: Marne ...
Landscape in Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées Landscape in Gers, Midi-Pyrénées Landscape in Aveyron, Midi-Pyrénées Historically, Midi-Pyrénées is made up of several former French provinces : 24.2% of the Midi-Pyrénées territory formed part of Gascony : western half of Haute-Garonne department , southwest of Tarn-et-Garonne , Gers in its ...
Toulouse (/ t uː ˈ l uː z /, too-LOOZ; [7] French: ⓘ; Occitan: Tolosa) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania.The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, 150 kilometres (93 miles) from the Mediterranean Sea, 230 km (143 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean and 680 km (420 mi) from Paris.
Gascony is the former province located on the territory of the current departments of Gers (Armanhac and Condomois), Hautes-Pyrénées , Lanas in the neighboring region, and parts of other departments of the two regions of Aquitània and Midi-Pyrénées (Comenge, Nebosan and Rivière-Verdun mainly in the south and west of Haute-Garonne, and ...
The cantons of France (French pronunciation: ⓘ) are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's departments and arrondissements.. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as constituencies for the election of members of the representative ...
The following is a list of the 27 cantons of the Haute-Garonne department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015: [1]