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Haute-Garonne

American

[oht-ga-rawn] / oʊt gaˈrɔn /

noun

a department in S France. 2,458 sq. mi. (6,365 sq. km). Toulouse.

Haute-Garonne British

/ otɡarɔn /

noun

a department of SW France, in Midi-Pyrénées region. Capital: Toulouse. Pop: 1 102 919 (2003 est). Area: 6367 sq km (2483 sq miles)

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Jospin was elected to parliament twice, representing the working-class 18th district of Paris and later the southwestern Haute-Garonne region.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

“Without our farmers, we are no longer France,” he declared at a cattle farm in Montastruc-de-Salies, in the Haute-Garonne region.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024

"I have been a firefighter for 40 years and I had never seen such a fire," said Jean-Pierre Le Cunff, tactical fire chief for the Haute-Garonne region, who has two sons in the force.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2022

More than 600 local and national police were deployed in the Haute-Garonne Department, where Toulouse is located.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2020

BAGN�RES-DE-LUCHON, a town of south-western France, in the department of Haute-Garonne, 87 m.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

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