Carbonne

Carbonne

*Carbona* (Occitan)
Carbonne Carbona (Occitan)
Commune
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Carbonne
	Carbonne Carbonne
	Coordinates: 43°17′54″N 1°11′12″E / 43.2983°N 1.1867°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Muret
Canton	Auterive
Intercommunality	Volvestre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Denis Turrel
Area 1	26.59 km2 (10.27 sq mi)
Population (2022)	5,650
• Density	210/km2 (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 km2 (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.