Auterive, Haute-Garonne

Commune in Occitania, France

Auterive Autariba (Occitan)
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Auterive
(2020–2026)		René Azema^[1]
Area ¹	36.54 km² (14.11 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	10,126
• Density	280/km² (720/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31033 /31190
Elevation	165–292 m (541–958 ft) (avg. 185 m or 607 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Auterive (French pronunciation: [otʁiv]; Occitan: 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.

Geography

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.

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Auterivains in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,975	—
1800	2,895	+5.62%
1806	2,802	−0.54%
1821	2,850	+0.11%
1831	3,172	+1.08%
1836	3,075	−0.62%
1841	3,272	+1.25%
1846	3,276	+0.02%
1851	3,443	+1.00%
1856	3,292	−0.89%
1861	3,297	+0.03%
1866	3,313	+0.10%
1872	3,158	−0.80%
1876	2,944	−1.74%
1881	2,945	+0.01%
1886	2,981	+0.24%
1891	2,791	−1.31%
1896	2,807	+0.11%
1901	2,623	−1.35%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	2,563	−0.46%
1911	2,551	−0.09%
1921	2,353	−0.80%
1926	2,509	+1.29%
1931	2,387	−0.99%
1936	2,513	+1.03%
1946	2,593	+0.31%
1954	2,775	+0.85%
1962	3,133	+1.53%
1968	4,445	+6.00%
1975	5,178	+2.20%
1982	5,436	+0.70%
1990	5,814	+0.84%
1999	6,531	+1.30%
2007	8,435	+3.25%
2012	9,275	+1.92%
2017	9,752	+1.01%
2018	9,869	+1.20%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

International relationships

Auterive is twinned with:

Arenys de Mar, Spain
Fontanelle, Italy
Südheide, Germany
Marsa, Malta

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Auterive, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE