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The Battle of Muret (Occitan: Batalha de Murèth), fought on 12 September 1213 near Muret, 25 km south of Toulouse, was the last major battle of the Albigensian Crusade and one of the most notable pitched battles of the Middle Ages. Although estimates of the sizes of the respective armies vary considerably even among distinguished modern historians, it is most well known for a small force of French knights and crusaders commanded by Simon de Montfort the Elder defeating a much larger allied army led by King Peter II of Aragon and Count Raymond VI of Toulouse. Like Hastings and Bouvines, Muret is regarded as one of the most decisive tactical victories of the High Middle Ages and a much more complete victory than the first two. It showed Montfort had no equal as a battlefield commander, having now after his previous exploits defeated, against all odds, a man whose status as a sovereign king, general and crusader matched or exceeded the Frenchman's own reputation. Charles Oman described the battle as the most remarkable triumphs ever won by a force entirely composed of cavalry over an enemy that used both horse and foot.The death of Peter II and the heavy loss of life among the Aragonese nobility had permanent political consequences in the region. The outcome of the battle removed Aragonese influence over the Languedoc and its surrounding provinces and allowed the Crown of France to assert its own control over them, which led to an expansion of the French royal domain further south.

Muret (French pronunciation: [myʁɛ] (listen); in Gascon Occitan Murèth) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department, of which it is a subprefecture, in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. Its inhabitants are called Muretains. It is an outer suburb of the city of Toulouse, even though it does not belong to Toulouse Métropole, which it has declined to join. It lies southwest of Toulouse and is the largest component of the intercommunality of Le Muretain Agglo. Muret is generally known for the Battle of Muret (1213) and as the birthplace of Clément Ader (1841-1925), inventor and aviation pioneer. It is also the birthplace of the Niel family from which Adolphe Niel, Marshal of France and Minister of War, was derived.

Muret is a railway station in Muret, Occitanie, France. The station is on the Toulouse–Bayonne railway. The station is served by TER (local) services operated by the SNCF.

The arrondissement of Muret is an arrondissement of France in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region. It has 126 communes. Its population is 220,791 (2016), and its area is 1,630.9 km2 (629.7 sq mi). Its seat is in Muret.

Le Muretain Agglo is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Muret. It is located in the Haute-Garonne department, in the Occitanie region, southern France. It was created in January 2017. Its seat is in Muret. Its area is 319.8 km2. Its population was 120,348 in 2017, of which 24,945 in Muret proper.

The canton of Muret is an administrative division of the Haute-Garonne department, southern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Muret.It consists of the following communes:

The Château de Rudelle is a 16th and 17th century castle in the commune of Muret in the Haute-Garonne département of France.The castle is noted for its ancient chimneys and for murals painted on the third floor. It was built by Guillaume de Rudelle, the son of Jean de Rudelle, a counsellor to the king. In 1783, Jean-Marie-Joseph Ingres, the father of the famous artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, stayed there and painted several ceilings. At the French Revolution, the property was taken as a national asset and sold at auction.The building today has a reactangular plan within square towers at each corner. On the south, a square tower projects slightly. On the top floor, immediately below the roof, is a series of arcades on the north and south façades. Mullioned windows decorate the façade. The upper floors are reached by a wooden spiral staircase.Privately owned, it has been listed since 1979 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.

Saubens (French pronunciation: ​[sobɛ̃s]) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Midi-Pyrénées (French pronunciation: [midi piʁene] (listen); Occitan: Miègjorn-Pirenèus [mjɛdˈdʒuɾ piɾeˈnɛws] or Mieidia-Pirenèus [mjejˈdi.ɔ piɾeˈnɛws]; Spanish: Mediodía-Pirineos) is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Occitania. It was the largest region of Metropolitan France by area, larger than the Netherlands or Denmark. Midi-Pyrénées has no historical or geographical unity. It is one of the regions of France created in the late 20th century to serve as a hinterland and zone of influence for its capital, Toulouse, one of a handful of so-called "balancing metropolises" (métropoles d'équilibre). Another example of this is the region of Rhône-Alpes which was created as the region for Lyon.

Seysses (French pronunciation: ​[sɛs]; Occitan: Sèishes) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department, southwestern France. It is located 19 km south of Toulouse and 5 km north of Muret.

Eaunes (French pronunciation: [on]; Occitan: Èunas) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Villate (French pronunciation: ​[vilat]; Occitan: Vilata) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.