Graulhet
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Camouflage | |
| Arrondissement | Castres | |
| Canton | Graulhet (main town) | |
| Community association | Gaillac-Graulhet | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 46 ′ N , 1 ° 59 ′ E | |
| height | 126–373 m | |
| surface | 56.75 km 2 | |
| Residents | 12,618 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 222 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 81300 | |
| INSEE code | 81105 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-graulhet.fr/ | |
 Alley to the Château de Lézignac |
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Graulhet is a French commune with 12,618 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Tarn department in the Occitanie region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Castres and is the capital of the canton of the same name . The inhabitants call themselves Graulhetois or Occitan Graulhetous .
geography
Graulhet lies on the Dadou , a tributary of the Agout . The municipality is located about 22 km southwest of Albi and about 45 km east-northeast of Toulouse . North-west of the municipality is the Aérodrome de Graulhet - Montdragon .
history
961 the place was as Granolheto with the establishment of the castrum by Raimund I. mentioned. But settlement remains can be dated to between 500 and 100 BC. A Gallo-Roman oppidum also shows a Roman settlement. At the beginning of the thirteenth century, the Albigensian Crusade led to the persecution of the Cathars here . For a long time Graulhet was a tanner's location and center of the leather goods industry.
Population development
- 1831: 5,097
- 1901: 7,900
- 1954: 8,866
- 1962: 10.155
- 1968: 12,073
- 1975: 14.097
- 1982: 13,543
- 1990: 13,523
- 1999: 12,663
- 2006: 11,991
from 1962 only residents with primary residence
Attractions
- Château de Lézignac (17th century)
- Pont Vieux (bridge from 1244)
- Medieval town center Panessac
- Notre-Dame du Val d'Amour church with the tomb of Louis d'Amboise d'Aubijoux
- Château de Crins (from the 16th century)
Personalities
- Louis d'Amboise d'Aubijoux (1536–1614), lord of Aubijoux and Graulhet
- François-Jacques d'Amboise d'Aubijoux (1606–1656), son of Louis, lord of Castelnau , Lévis and Graulhet, patron of Molières
- Clément Roques (1880–1964), cardinal
- Pierre-Max Dubois (1930–1995), composer
- Guy Laporte (born 1952), national rugby player
