Brax is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Haute-Garonne

Haute-Garonne

Haute-Garonne is a department in the southwest of France named after the Garonne river. Its main city is Toulouse.-History:Haute-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Languedoc.The...

 department in the Midi-Pyrénées

Midi-Pyrénées

Midi-Pyrénées is the largest region of metropolitan France by area, larger than the Netherlands or Denmark.Midi-Pyrénées has no historical or geographical unity...

 region

Régions of France

France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...

 in southwestern France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

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It is situated near the regional capital Toulouse

Toulouse

Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...

 near the Forêt de Bouconne

Forêt de Bouconne

The Forêt de Bouconne is located in southwest France, on the border of the departments of Gers and Haute-Garonne about thirty kilometres west of Toulouse. The forest has an area of and is managed primarily by the National Forests Office . It also includes privately owned woods and woods belonging...

. The village is part of the Urban community of Greater Toulouse (Grand Toulouse).

Population

Transportation

Access to Brax is on the Route Nationale 124 or the SNCF line between Toulouse

Toulouse

Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...

 and Auch

Auch

Auch is a commune in southwestern France. Located in the region of Midi-Pyrénées, it is the capital of the Gers department. Auch is the historical capital of Gascony.-The Ausci:...

 at the train station

Train station

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Sights

The ruined castle, the Château de Brax

Château de Brax

The Château de Brax is a ruined castle in the commune of Brax in the Haute-Garonne département of France. Originally constructed in the 13th century, there were alterations and additions in the 16th and 18th centuries....

, dates back to the 13th century. During the Second World War, the resistance group Réseau Morhange

Réseau Morhange

Réseau Morhange was a French resistance group created in 1943 by Marcel Taillandier in Toulouse. The group organised direct action and counterintelligence against the German occupied and collaborators of Vichy France....

 of Marcel Taillandier used the castle as its headquarters.

Politics

Term	Name of Mayor Mayor In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....	Political Party
2001–2014	Jean-Pierre Vergé	French Socialist Party
1989–2001	Bernard Cunnac	French Socialist Party
1983–1989	Robert Clasou	Unknown
1969–1983	Georges Bastien	Unknown
1961–1969	Marcel Cardonne	Unknown
1929–1961	Léon Gailhaguet	Unknown
1920–1929	Alban Libès	Unknown
1888–1920	Charles de Pins Montbrun	Unknown
1881–1888	Jean Barrué	Unknown
1865–1880	Antoine Lannes	Unknown
1855–1865	Auguste d'Arboussier	Unknown
1834–1855	Jean-Marie Latrille	Unknown
1832–1834	Bernard Paris	Unknown
1821–1832	Bernard d'Izarni de Gargas	Unknown
1815–1821	Georges Versevy	Unknown
1809–1815	Jean Fauré	Unknown
1808–1809	François Roume	Unknown