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

Communes and arrondissements in the Tarn department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
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

Commons : Département Tarn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• General Council of the Tarn Department (French)
• Prefecture of the Tarn department (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ tarn.fr accessed on August 22, 2012.

Coordinates: 43 ° 55 '  N , 2 ° 7'  E