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Giroussens
Giroussens is a commune in the department of Tarn in southern France. It is particularly famous for its market of European pottery that attracts many tourists in the spring. Geography The commune is traversed by the river Dadou. Notable personalities * Lucie Bouniol (1896-1988), sculptor, painter, born at the castle of Belbèze. Points of interest * Jardins des Martels See also *Communes of the Tarn department 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):Communes of Tarn (department) {{Tarn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucie Bouniol
Lucie Bouniol (16 December 1896 – 31 January 1988) was a French sculptor and painter from the department of Tarn in southern France, who exhibited widely throughout the 20th century. Biography Bouniol was born in the family chateau in Giroussens; her father was a physician and her mother a pianist. She studied art in Marseille and then at Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She was also known to be a student of sculptors Antoine Bourdelle and Paul Landowski at their Paris studios. During this period, she prepared a sculpture for the Rome Prize competition, but when academics suggested that she retouch it to make it more acceptable, she refused and withdrew it from consideration. War monuments After World War I ended, she sculpted three monuments dedicated to the war dead: one in Trémont-sur-Saulx (Meuse), a second in Robert-Espagne, also in the Meuse region, and the third at Duravel (Lot). For the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1937, she carved a fountain. She also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jardins Des Martels
The Jardins des Martels is a commercial botanical garden and flower park located in Giroussens, Tarn, Occitanie, France. It is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged. The gardens were created by Marie-Thérèse and André Reynier in the late 1960s, as a private garden on their farm, and after considerable development opened to the public in 1994. Today the garden is set upon a well-landscaped terrain of numerous pools and hills, and features more than 2500 plant varieties from five continents, as well as a greenhouse of aquatic plants and a mini-farm with about 150 animals such as sheep, goats, ponies, ducks, and so forth. See also * List of botanical gardens in France This list of botanical gardens in France is intended to contain all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in France. Ain * Arboretum de Cormoranche sur Saône, Cormoranche-sur-Saône * Parc botanique de la Teyssonnière, Buellas Aisne ... References Jardins des MartelsCon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communauté D'agglomération Gaillac-Graulhet
Communauté d'agglomération Gaillac-Graulhet is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the towns of Gaillac and Graulhet. It is located in the Tarn department, in the Occitania region, southern France. Created in 2017, its seat is in Gaillac.CA Gaillac-Graulhet (N° SIREN : 200066124) BANATIC. Retrieved 9 November 2022. Its area is 1164.4 km2. Its population was 74,286 in 2019.Comparateur de territoire [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dadou
The Dadou (french: le Dadou) is a long river in the Tarn department in southern France. Its source is near Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès. It flows generally west. It is a right tributary of the Agout, into which it flows near Ambres. Communes along its course The Dadou flows west, crossing the Tarn department, through the following communes, ordered from source to mouth: Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès, Le Masnau-Massuguiès, Lacaze, Paulinet, Rayssac, Mont-Roc, Teillet, Le Travet, Arifat, Saint-Antonin-de-Lacalm, Montredon-Labessonnié, Saint-Lieux-Lafenasse, Vénès, Réalmont, Saint-Genest-de-Contest, Lombers, Laboutarie, Montdragon, Saint-Julien-du-Puy, Graulhet, Briatexte Briatexte (; oc, Britèsta) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Geography The river Dadou flows westward through the northern part of the commune and crosses the village. See also *Communes of the Tarn department The f ..., Saint-Gauzens, Puybegon, Giroussens, Amb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Tarn Department
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):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. * * * |
Communes Of France
The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arrondi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarn (department)
Tarn ( or ; ) is a Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania Regions of France, region in Southern France. Named after the river Tarn (river), Tarn, it had a population of 389,844 as of 2019.Populations légales 2019: 81 Tarn INSEE Its Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city is Albi; it has a single Subprefectures in France, subprefecture, Castres. In French language, French, the inhabitants of Tarn are known as ''Tarnais'' (masculine) and ''Tarnaises'' (feminine). Its Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, INSEE and postcode number is 81. History Tarn is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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