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Tarn (French pronunciation: or ; Occitan pronunciation:) is a department in the Occitania region in Southern France. Named after the river Tarn , it had a population of 389,844 as of 2019. [ 4 ] Its prefecture and largest city is Albi ; it has a single subprefecture , Castres .
The Tarn (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Occitan: Tarn, Latin: Tarnis, possibly meaning 'rapid' or 'walled in') is a 380.2-kilometre (236.2 mi) long river in the administrative region of Occitania in southern France. It is a right tributary of the Garonne. [1]
Tarn (department), a department in southwest France Lisle-sur-Tarn, France, a commune in the Tarn department; Marssac-sur-Tarn, France, a commune in the Tarn département; Tarn (river), a river in France Gorges du Tarn, France, a canyon along the course of the Tarn River; Tarn-et-Garonne, a department in southwest France
The gorges landscape involves Mesozoic limestone plateaux downstream presenting sub-vertical cliffs. Faults like the Hauterive Fault explain the important water sources in the region of Sainte-Enimie (the Burle source and the Coussac source, the latter joining the Tarn in an impressive waterfall), and the more complex geology in the upstream part of the canyon.
Tarn-et-Garonne (French: [taʁn e ɡaʁɔn] ⓘ; Occitan: Tarn e Garona [ˈtaɾ e ɣaˈɾunɔ]) is a department in the Occitania region in Southern France. It is traversed by the rivers Tarn and Garonne, from which it takes its name. The area was originally part of the former provinces of Quercy and Languedoc.
Albi (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Occitan: Albi) [3] is a commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn department, on the river Tarn, 85 km northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called Albigensians (French: Albigeois, Albigeoise(s), Occitan: albigés -esa(s)). It is the seat of the Archbishop of Albi.
The following is a list of the 314 communes of the Tarn department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [1] Communauté d'agglomération de l'Albigeois; Communauté d'agglomération de Castres Mazamet; Communauté d'agglomération Gaillac-Graulhet; Communauté de communes Carmausin-Ségala
The local professional club is Castres Olympique, who are five-time champions of France (in 1949, 1950, 1993, 2013 and 2018). Castres Olympique was the property of local tycoon Pierre Fabre, founder and president of Pierre Fabre Group. The finish of Stage 12 of the 2007 Tour de France was in Castres.