Labège is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France.GeographyLabège is a commune in the metropolitan area of Toulouse. Its urban core is located in the southeast suburbs of Toulouse along the Autoroute des Deux Mers (A61) towards Narbonne. The adjoining communes are Saint-Orens-de-Gameville, Auzielle, Escalquens, Castanet-Tolosan, Auzeville-Tolosane, and Ramonville-Saint-Agne.HistoryThe name "Labège" may be derived from La Berge because of the town's location on the banks of the Hers-Mort.Some Roman remains can be seen in Labège; but in Roman times no actual village existed here, only a few scattered homes along the thoroughfare between Baziège and Toulouse. Even in the Middle Ages, the settlement was sparse. Fourteenth century documents mention a Labège manor, which was owned by the College of Saint Front de Perigord for the next four centuries, but only toward the end of the Renaissance did the village proper begin to take shape around the parish church.