Tarn-et-Garonne department

Tarn-et-Garonne
region	Occitania
prefecture	Montauban
Sub-prefecture (s)	Castelsarrasin
Residents	258,349 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	69 inhabitants per km²
surface	3,718.28 km²
Arrondissements	2
Community associations	10
Cantons	15th
Communities	195
President of the Department Council	Jean-Michel Baylet
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-82
Location of the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region

The Tarn-et-Garonne [ taʀnegaʀɔn (] . Okzitan : Tarn e Garona ) is the French department with the atomic number 82. It is in the south of the country in the region Okzitanien and was named after the rivers Tarn and Garonne named.

geography

The Tarn-et-Garonne department borders on the Lot , Aveyron , Tarn , Haute-Garonne , Gers and Lot-et-Garonne departments .

history

The Département Tarn-et-Garonne is not one of the 83 "Départements of the first hour" created by the decree of December 22nd, 1789 of the constituent national assembly , but was formed later at the time of the First Empire . By Napoleon's decree of November 21, 1808, it was formed from parts of the Lot départements (the localities of Montauban and Moissac ), Haute-Garonne (the locality of Castelsarrasin ), Lot-et-Garonne, Gers and Aveyron.

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 red above a running, looking golden lion with blue armor and below a golden Tolosan cross .

Administrative division

Communes and arrondissements in the Tarn-et-Garonne department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Castelsarrasin	7th	103	77,750	1,601.52	49	821
Montauban	12	92	180,599	2,116.76	85	822
Tarn-et-Garonne department	15th	195	258,349	3,718.28	69	82

See also:

• List of communes in the Tarn-et-Garonne department
• List of cantons in the Tarn-et-Garonne department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Tarn-et-Garonne department

Web links

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

• General Council of the Tarn-et-Garonne Department (French)
• Prefecture of the Tarn-et-Garonne (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cg82.fr accessed on August 22, 2012.

Coordinates: 44 ° 1 ′  N , 1 ° 21 ′  E