Auterive | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Auterive (Haute-Garonne).svg |
Arrondissement: | Muret |
Canton: | Auterive |
Insee: | 31033 |
Postal Code: | 31190 |
Mayor: | René Azema[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Bassin Auterivain Haut-Garonnais |
Coordinates: | 43.3514°N 1.4753°W |
Elevation M: | 185 |
Elevation Min M: | 165 |
Elevation Max M: | 292 |
Area Km2: | 36.54 |
Auterive (pronounced as /fr/; oc|Autariba) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Auterive station has rail connections to Toulouse, Foix and Latour-de-Carol. It is the seat (capital) of the canton of Auterive.
The town lies on the eastern banks of the Ariège river.
The commune is bordered by eleven other communes: Grépiac and Labruyère-Dorsa to the north, Miremont to the northwest, Auragne to the northeast, Mauvaisin to the east, Cintegabelle to the southeast, Caujac to the south, Mauressac and Grazac to the southwest, and finally by Lagrâce-Dieu and Puydaniel to the west.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Auterivains in French.
Auterive is twinned with: