Carbonne

Carbonne Carbona (Occitan)
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Carbonne
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Coordinates: 43°17′54″N 1°11′12″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Muret
Canton	Auterive
Intercommunality	Volvestre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Denis Turrel[1]
Area ^1	26.59 km^2 (10.27 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	5,650
• Density	210/km^2 (550/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31107 /31390
Elevation	183–332 m (600–1,089 ft) (avg. 206 m or 676 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Carbonne (French pronunciation: [kaʁbɔn]; Occitan: Carbona) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Geography

The A64 autoroute passes near the village. Carbonne station on the Toulouse–Bayonne railway has rail connections to Toulouse, Pau and Tarbes.

It is situated at the confluence of the river Arize and the Garonne. There is a hydro-electrical dam located at the Garonne.

The commune is bordered by nine other communes: Longages to the north, Capens to the northeast, Marquefave to the east, Lacaugne and Latrape to the southeast, Rieux-Volvestre to the south, Salles-sur-Garonne to the southwest, Lafitte-Vigordane to the west, and finally by Peyssies to the northwest.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,643 —     1800 964 −7.33% 1806 1,835 +11.33% 1821 1,863 +0.10% 1831 1,981 +0.62% 1836 2,235 +2.44% 1841 2,293 +0.51% 1846 2,468 +1.48% 1851 2,462 −0.05% 1856 2,444 −0.15% 1861 2,468 +0.20% 1866 2,484 +0.13% 1872 2,505 +0.14% 1876 2,577 +0.71% 1881 2,520 −0.45% 1886 2,548 +0.22% 1891 2,456 −0.73% 1896 2,303 −1.28% 1901 2,387 +0.72%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 2,359 −0.24% 1911 2,393 +0.29% 1921 2,154 −1.05% 1926 2,350 +1.76% 1931 2,250 −0.87% 1936 2,277 +0.24% 1946 2,323 +0.20% 1954 2,473 +0.79% 1962 2,625 +0.75% 1968 3,222 +3.47% 1975 3,218 −0.02% 1982 3,596 +1.60% 1990 3,795 +0.68% 1999 3,692 −0.31% 2007 4,777 +3.27% 2012 5,164 +1.57% 2017 5,712 +2.04% 2018 5,752 +0.70%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Economy

Agriculture based on the culture of cereals (maize, wheat, ...) still has an important place but tends to diminish in favour of residential zones, due to the proximity of the agglomeration of Toulouse.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Carbonne is twinned with:

• Galliera Veneta (Italy)
• Monmouth (Wales)^[5]
• Korschenbroich (Germany) since 1988
• Fuente Obejuna (Spain)

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department
• André Abbal

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Carbonne, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. "British towns twinned with French towns [via WaybackMachine.com]". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.

External links

• official site