Carbonne

Carbonne
Carbonne
Commune
	Town hall
	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 (2008–2014)	Bernard bros
Area 1	26.59 km2 (10.27 sq mi)
Population (2021)	5,737
• Density	220/km2 (560/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 (Occitan: Carbona) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Geography

The A64 autoroute passes near the village, and there is a train station of the railway Toulouse - Bayonne.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,643	—
1800	964	−41.3%
1806	1,835	+90.4%
1821	1,863	+1.5%
1831	1,981	+6.3%
1836	2,235	+12.8%
1841	2,293	+2.6%
1846	2,468	+7.6%
1851	2,462	−0.2%
1856	2,444	−0.7%
1861	2,468	+1.0%
1866	2,484	+0.6%
1872	2,505	+0.8%
1876	2,577	+2.9%
1881	2,520	−2.2%
1886	2,548	+1.1%
1891	2,456	−3.6%
1896	2,303	−6.2%
1901	2,387	+3.6%
1906	2,359	−1.2%
1911	2,393	+1.4%
1921	2,154	−10.0%
1926	2,350	+9.1%
1931	2,250	−4.3%
1936	2,277	+1.2%
1946	2,323	+2.0%
1954	2,473	+6.5%
1962	2,625	+6.1%
1968	3,222	+22.7%
1975	3,218	−0.1%
1982	3,596	+11.7%
1990	3,795	+5.5%
1999	3,692	−2.7%
2008	4,952	+34.1%

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.