Tarn department
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[[File: | 120px | centered | Coat of arms of the Tarn department]] | |
region | Occitania |
prefecture | Albi |
Sub-prefecture (s) | Castres |
Residents | 387,890 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
Population density | 67 inhabitants per km² |
surface | 5,757.94 km² |
Arrondissements | 2 |
Community associations | 16 |
Cantons | 23 |
Communities | 314 |
President of the Department Council |
Thierry Carcenac |
ISO-3166-2 code | FR-81 |
Location of the Tarn department in the Occitanie region |
The Département Tarn (pronunciation [ taʁn ] or [ taːʁ ]) is the French département with the serial number 81. It is named after the river Tarn and is located in the Occitania region in the south of the country. The region is dominated by agriculture. The capital is Albi , the birthplace of the painter Toulouse-Lautrec .
geography
The Tarn department borders on the Aveyron , Hérault , Aude , Haute-Garonne and Tarn-et-Garonne departments .
history
The department was formed on March 4, 1790 from parts of the Languedoc province .
It belonged to the Midi-Pyrénées region from 1960 to 2015 , which was added to the Occitania region in 2016 .
coat of arms
Description : In gold, a red main shield post with a Tolosan cross in the head of the shield .
Administrative division
Arrondissement | Cantons | Communities | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
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Albi | 12 | 163 | 192.073 | 2,731.67 | 70 | 811 |
Castres | 13 | 151 | 195.817 | 3,026.27 | 65 | 812 |
Tarn department | 23 | 314 | 387,890 | 5,757.94 | 67 | 81 |
See also:
- List of communes in the Tarn department
- List of cantons in the Tarn department
- List of associations of municipalities in the Tarn department
Web links
- General Council of the Tarn Department (French)
- Prefecture of the Tarn department (French)
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 43 ° 55 ' N , 2 ° 7' E