Canton of Portet-sur-Garonne

Portet-sur-Garonne (French pronunciation: ​[pɔʁtɛ syʁ ɡaʁɔn], literally Portet on Garonne; Languedocien: Portèth de Garona) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Portet-Saint-Simon station has rail connections to Toulouse, Foix and Tarbes.

Portet-Saint-Simon is a railway station in Portet-sur-Garonne, Occitanie, France. The station is on the Toulouse-Bayonne railway and Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway. The station is served by TER (local) services operated by the SNCF.

The Ariège (French pronunciation: [aʁjɛʒ] (listen); Occitan: Arièja; Catalan: Arieja) is a 163 km long river in southern France, right tributary of the Garonne. Its source is in the Pyrenees, near El Pas de la Casa, where it forms part of the border with Andorra. It flows north through the following towns in two departments: In Ariège: Ax-les-Thermes, Les Cabannes, Tarascon-sur-Ariège, Montgailhard, Foix, Varilhes, Pamiers, Saverdun. In Haute-Garonne: Cintegabelle, Auterive, Pinsaguel.Its longest tributaries are the Hers-Vif and the Lèze. It flows into the Garonne in Portet-sur-Garonne, south of Toulouse. Taken literally, the Latin origin of the river's name, Aurigera, indicates it to be a source of gold.

The Château de Berthier is a castle in the commune of Pinsaguel in the Haute-Garonne département of France. The castle's origins are in the 13th century, with major building work also in the 14th and 18th centuries.Privately owned, the castle and its farm have been listed since 1941 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.

Pinsaguel (French pronunciation: ​[pɛ̃saɡɛl]; Occitan: Pinsaguèl) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Roques (French pronunciation: ​[ʁɔk]; Occitan: Ròcas de Garona) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. The IKEA Store in Haute-Garonne was located in this Commune.

Lacroix-Falgarde is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

The Campus de cancérologie de Toulouse (Oncopole de Toulouse), is a cancer research center with a European dimension. Located in the south of Toulouse, in the Lafourguette district, on the symbolic site of the explosion of the AZF factory in 2001, the campus welcomes private and public actors with the aim of harmonizing their research for the fight against cancer.The campus is developed by the Toulouse Métropole, in partnership with the general council of Haute-Garonne, the regional council of Occitania, the State and Europe. The building has been designed by the architect Yann Padlewski from the Jean-Paul Viguier architectural firm.

Le Mirail (French pronunciation: ​[lə miʁaj]) is a district in Toulouse, France. It was an urban expansion project proposed by the then-mayor Louis Bazerque in 1958, to combat the increasing population, and resulting housing shortage. In 1962, the Greek-French architect Georges Candilis was given the responsibility of designing the new quarter in Toulouse, along with Shadrach Woods and Alexis Josic. Finished in 1972, the architectural experiment ended up being around two thirds of its planned size.

Roquettes is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

The canton of Toulouse-6 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 Toulouse.It consists of the following communes: Toulouse (partly)

On 21 September 2001, an explosion occurred at the AZF (French initialism for AZote Fertilisant, i.e. nitrogen fertiliser) fertiliser factory in Toulouse, France, belonging to the Grande Paroisse branch of the Total group. Three hundred tonnes of ammonium nitrate was stored (the maximum capacity was 2,000 tonnes) in hangar 221 222. The entire factory was destroyed, making a crater with a depth of about 7 metres (23 ft) and a diameter of 40 metres (130 ft). Steel girders were found 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) away from the explosion. The blast measured 3.4 on the Richter scale, with an estimated power equivalent to 20-40 tons of TNT. The explosion was heard 80 km (50 miles) away. Due to the acoustics of the hills and the large sound, the explosion was reported as occurring in multiple places. Police at first believed that at least five bombs had simultaneously gone off. There is still controversy over the exact number of explosions. The factory was close to the city: one of the most inhabited areas, Le Mirail, is 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) away. Around ten percent of the inhabitants of Toulouse had to be evacuated.