Fronton, Haute-Garonne

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

Fronton
Commune
The covered market in Fronton
Coat of arms
Location of Fronton
Fronton Fronton
Coordinates: 43°50′28″N 1°23′25″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Toulouse
Canton	Villemur-sur-Tarn
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marie-Hélène Champagnac
Area ^1	45.79 km^2 (17.68 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	6,079
• Density	130/km^2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31202 /31620
Elevation	101–198 m (331–650 ft) (avg. 147 m or 482 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It lies 28 km north of Toulouse and within its metropolitan area.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,633 —     1800 2,053 +25.7% 1806 2,139 +4.2% 1821 1,987 −7.1% 1831 2,225 +12.0% 1836 2,151 −3.3% 1841 2,141 −0.5% 1846 2,190 +2.3% 1851 2,143 −2.1% 1856 2,190 +2.2% 1861 2,196 +0.3% 1866 2,273 +3.5% 1872 2,290 +0.7% 1876 2,445 +6.8% 1881 2,416 −1.2% 1886 2,447 +1.3% 1891 2,481 +1.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 2,328 −6.2% 1901 2,155 −7.4% 1906 2,034 −5.6% 1911 1,896 −6.8% 1921 1,901 +0.3% 1926 2,005 +5.5% 1931 2,018 +0.6% 1936 2,016 −0.1% 1946 2,049 +1.6% 1954 2,107 +2.8% 1962 2,169 +2.9% 1968 2,272 +4.7% 1975 2,525 +11.1% 1982 2,814 +11.4% 1990 3,335 +18.5% 1999 3,891 +16.7% 2008 5,384 +38.4%

Wine

It is the centre of one of the oldest wine regions in France, producing the AOC Côtes du Frontonnais, based (50%) on the local négrette grape (known as Pinot Saint-George in the United States) plus some or other of Syrah, Côt, cabernet franc, Cabernet sauvignon, fer servadou, gamay, cinsaut and mauzac.

• 
  Town hall
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  Church
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  War memorial

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.