The arrondissement of Albi is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements' ...

of France in the Tarn

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in the

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. Its

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is 811 and its

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Albi Albi (; oc, Albi ) 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), oc, albig� ...

. It has 163 communes. Its population is 191,150 (2016), and its area is . It is the northernmost of the ''arrondissements'' of the department. The main cities, with more than 5,000 inhabitants in 2012, in the arrondissement are

(49,231 inhabitants),

Gaillac Gaillac (; ) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. It had in 2013 a population of 14,334 inhabitants. Its inhabitants are called Gaillacois. Geography Gaillac is a town situated between Toulouse, Albi and Montauban. It has g ...

(13,820 inhabitants),

Carmaux Carmaux (; oc, Carmauç) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Industries The Compagnie minière de Carmaux has its origins in a coal mining concession granted in 1852 to Gabriel de Solages, which became the Compagnie minièr ...

(9,774 inhabitants), Saint-Juéry (6,715 inhabitants) and

Rabastens Rabastens () is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. The historian Gustave de Clausade (1815–1888) was born in Rabastens of which he became mayor in 1848. Population Transport Rabastens-Couffouleux station has rail conne ...

(5,187 inhabitants).

Geography

The ''arrondissement'' of Albi is bordered to the north by the

Tarn-et-Garonne Tarn-et-Garonne (; oc, Tarn e Garona ) 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 ...

(Occitanie) department, to the west by the

Aveyron Aveyron (; oc, Avairon; ) is a department in the region of Occitania, Southern France. It was named after the river Aveyron. Its inhabitants are known as ''Aveyronnais'' (masculine) or ''Aveyronnaises'' (feminine) in French. The inhabitants o ...

(Occitanie) department, to the south by the arrondissement of Castres and to the south by the

Haute-Garonne Haute-Garonne (; oc, Nauta Garona, ; en, Upper Garonne) is a department in the Occitanie region of Southwestern France. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country's ...

(Occitanie) department.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Albi, and their

s, are: # Alban (81003) #

(81004) # Almayrac (81008) #

Alos Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS), also called Daichi (a Japanese word meaning "land"), is a 3810 kg Japanese satellite launched in 2006. After five years of service, the satellite lost power and ceased communication with Earth, but ...

(81007) # Amarens (81009) #

Ambialet Ambialet () is a commune of the Tarn department in southern France. Ambialet's castle was a stronghold of the Cathars and was sacked during the Middle Ages by Simon de Montfort. It is also home to a study abroad campus of Saint Francis Universi ...

(81010) #

Andillac Andillac (; oc, Andilhac) is a Communes of France, commune of the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department in southern France. See also *Communes of the Tarn department References

Communes of Tarn (department) {{T ...

(81012) #

Andouque Andouque (; oc, Andoca) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Geography The commune is traversed by the Cérou river. See also *Communes of the Tarn department The following is a list of the 314 communes of the Tarn de ...

(81013) #

Arthès Arthès (; oc, Artés) is a commune of the Tarn department in southern France. It lies on the river Tarn, 6 km northeast of Albi. See also *Communes of the Tarn department The following is a list of the 314 communes of the Tarn depart ...

(81018) #

Assac Assac (; oc, Açac) is a commune of the Tarn department in southern France. 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 ...

(81019) #

Aussac Aussac (; oc, Auçac) is a commune of the Tarn department in southern France. 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 ...

(81020) #

Beauvais-sur-Tescou Beauvais-sur-Tescou (, literally ''Beauvais on Tescou''; oc, Biuvais de Tescon) is a commune in the Tarn department of southern France. See also *Communes of the Tarn department The following is a list of the 314 communes of the Tarn depa ...

(81024) #

Bellegarde-Marsal Bellegarde-Marsal (; oc, Bèlagarda e Marçal) is a commune in the department of Tarn, southern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Bellegarde and Marsal.Bernac (81029) #

Blaye-les-Mines Blaye-les-Mines (; oc, Blaia) is a commune in the Tarn department and Occitanie region of southern France. The settlement grew up around the home of Gabriel de Solages (1711–1799), who founded the Compagnie minière de Carmaux and a glasswo ...

(81033) # Bournazel (81035) # Brens (81038) # Broze (81041) # Les Cabannes (81045) #

Cadalen Cadalen (; oc, Cadaluènh) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. 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 foll ...

(81046) #

Cadix ''Cadix'' was a World War II clandestine intelligence center at Uzès, in southern France, from September 1940 to 9 November 1942. During this period southern France was under the control of Vichy France and not occupied by Nazi Germany. At ''Cad ...

(81047) # Cagnac-les-Mines (81048) #

Cahuzac-sur-Vère Cahuzac-sur-Vère (, literally ''Cahuzac on Vère''; oc, Caüsac de Vera) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. The people of Cahuzac are called Cahuzacois. Geography The Vère flows westward through the middle of the commune ...

(81051) #

Cambon Cambon () is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. 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 intercommu ...

(81052) # Campagnac (81056) # Carlus (81059) #

(81060) #

Castanet Castanets, also known as ''clackers'' or ''palillos'', are a percussion instrument (idiophone), used in Spanish, Kalo, Moorish, Ottoman, Italian, Sephardic, Swiss, and Portuguese music. In ancient Greece and ancient Rome there was a similar ...

(81061) #

Castelnau-de-Lévis Castelnau-de-Lévis is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. It is located just west of Albi. The inhabitants are ''Castellévisiens''. Monuments and sites * Chateau de Castelnau-de-Lévis is a ruined castle dating from the 13 ...

(81063) #

Castelnau-de-Montmiral Castelnau-de-Montmiral (; oc, Castèlnòu de Montmiralh) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Demography Geography The Vère flows westward through the commune. History While traces of activities dating back to the Bro ...

(81064) #

Cestayrols Cestayrols is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Geography The Vère flows southwestward through the northern part of the commune. See also *Communes of the Tarn department The following is a list of the 314 communes of t ...

(81067) # Combefa (81068) #

Cordes-sur-Ciel Cordes-sur-Ciel (; , ) is a commune in the Tarn department, region of Occitania, Southern France. The fortified town was built in 1222 by Raimond VII, the Count of Toulouse, who, though not a Cathar, tolerated what other Catholics considered he ...

(81069) #

Coufouleux Coufouleux (; oc, Confolèuç) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Population Transport Rabastens-Couffouleux station has rail connections to Toulouse, Albi and Rodez. See also *Communes of the Tarn department The f ...

(81070) #

Courris Courris is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. 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 intercommunal ...

(81071) # Crespin (81072) # Crespinet (81073) # Cunac (81074) # Curvalle (81077) #

Dénat Dénat (; oc, Denat) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. 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 i ...

(81079) #

Donnazac Donnazac (; oc, Donasac) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. 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 follow ...

(81080) # Le Dourn (81082) # Fauch (81088) # Faussergues (81089) #

Fayssac Fayssac (; oc, Faiçac) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. 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 followi ...

(81087) #

Fénols Fénols (; oc, Fenòls) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. 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 followi ...

(81090) # Florentin (81093) # Fraissines (81094) # Frausseilles (81095) # Le Fraysse (81096) # Fréjairolles (81097) #

(81099) # Le Garric (81101) # Grazac (81106) # Itzac (81108) # Jouqueviel (81110) #

Labarthe-Bleys Labarthe-Bleys is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Geography The commune is traversed by the Cérou river. See also *Communes of the Tarn department The following is a list of the 314 communes of the Tarn department of ...

(81111) # Labastide-de-Lévis (81112) # Labastide-Gabausse (81114) # Labessière-Candeil (81117) # Laboutarie (81119) # Lacapelle-Pinet (81122) # Lacapelle-Ségalar (81123) # Lagrave (81131) # Lamillarié (81133) # Laparrouquial (81135) # Larroque (81136) # Lasgraisses (81138) # Lédas-et-Penthiès (81141) # Lescure-d'Albigeois (81144) #

Lisle-sur-Tarn Lisle-sur-Tarn (; oc, L'Illa d'Albigés) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Geography The city is located halfway between Toulouse and Albi on the A68 motorway, in the Gaillac vineyard, on the banks of the Tarn. Histo ...

(81145) # Livers-Cazelles (81146) #

Lombers Lombers is a Communes of France, commune in the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department in southern France. History Lombers was the significant centre of Catharism in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. It was the location o ...

(81147) # Loubers (81148) # Loupiac (81149) # Mailhoc (81152) #

Marnaves Marnaves (; oc, Marnavas) is a commune in the Tarn department and Occitanie region of southern France. Geography The commune is traversed by the Cérou river. See also *Communes of the Tarn department The following is a list of the 314 com ...

(81154) # Marssac-sur-Tarn (81156) # Massals (81161) # Mézens (81164) #

Milhars Milhars is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Geography The river Cérou flows into the Aveyron in the commune, 1.4 km north to the village itself. See also *Communes of the Tarn department The following is a list of ...

(81165) # Milhavet (81166) # Miolles (81167) #

Mirandol-Bourgnounac Mirandol-Bourgnounac is a Communes of France, commune in the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department in southern France. René Mauriès, (1921–1999), journalist and writer, winner of the Albert Londres Prize (1956) and the Prix ...

(81168) #

Monestiés Monestiés (, meaning ''monastery'') is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. It is a member of the ''Les Plus Beaux Villages de France'' ("The Most Beautiful Villages of France") association. Geography The commune is traversed ...

(81170) #

Montans Montans is a Communes of France, commune in the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department and Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of southern France. Geography Situated between Lisle-sur-Tarn and ...

(81171) # Montauriol (81172) # Montdurausse (81175) # Montels (81176) # Montgaillard (81178) # Montirat (81180) # Montrosier (81184) # Montvalen (81185) # Moularès (81186) #

Mouzieys-Panens Mouzieys-Panens is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Geography The commune is traversed by the Cérou river. Monuments The village is dominated by a castle that was built in the 12th century by Guillaume de Cadolhe. It was la ...

(81191) # Mouzieys-Teulet (81190) # Noailles (81197) #

Orban Orban, also known as Urban ( hu, Orbán; died 1453), was an iron founder and engineer from Brassó, Transylvania, in the Kingdom of Hungary (today Brașov, Romania), who cast large-calibre artillery for the Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453. ...

(81198) #

Padiès Padiès (; oc, Padièrs) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. The Château de Padiès is situated in the commune of Lempaut, 62 km to the southwest of Padiès. Population Geography The Cérou forms most of the commu ...

(81199) #

Pampelonne Pampelonne (; oc, Pampalona) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. 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 foll ...

(81201) # Parisot (81202) # Paulinet (81203) #

Penne Penne () is an extruded type of pasta with cylinder-shaped pieces, their ends cut at an angle. ''Penne'' is the plural form of the Italian ''penna'' (meaning ''feather'' but ''pen'' as well), deriving from Latin ''penna'' (meaning "feather" or " ...

(81206) # Peyrole (81208) # Poulan-Pouzols (81211) #

Puycelsi Puycelsi (, before 2011: ''Puycelci''; oc, Puègcèlsi)Décret n° 2011-311
22 Marc ...

(81217) # Puygouzon (81218) #

(81220) # Réalmont (81222) # Le Riols (81224) # Rivières (81225) # Roquemaure (81228) # Rosières (81230) # Rouffiac (81232) # Roussayrolles (81234) # Saint-André (81240) # Saint-Beauzile (81243) # Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux (81244) # Saint-Christophe (81245) # Saint-Cirgue (81247) # Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou (81246) # Sainte-Croix (81326) # Sainte-Gemme (81249) # Saint-Grégoire (81253) #

Saint-Jean-de-Marcel Saint-Jean-de-Marcel (; Languedocien: ''Sant Joan de Marcelh'') is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Geography The commune is traversed by the Cérou river. See also *Communes of the Tarn department The following is a list ...

(81254) # Saint-Juéry (81257) # Saint-Julien-Gaulène (81259) #

Saint-Marcel-Campes Saint-Marcel-Campes (; oc, Sent Marcèl e Campas) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Geography The commune is traversed by the Cérou river. See also *Communes of the Tarn department The following is a list of the 314 ...

(81262) # Saint-Martin-Laguépie (81263) # Saint-Michel-de-Vax (81265) # Saint-Michel-Labadié (81264) # Saint-Urcisse (81272) #

Saliès Saliès (; oc, Salièrs) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Notable people * Antoinette de Saliès (1639–1730), writer, feminist See also *Communes of the Tarn department The following is a list of the 314 communes o ...

(81274) # Salles (81275) # Salvagnac (81276) # Saussenac (81277) # La Sauzière-Saint-Jean (81279) #

Le Ségur Le Ségur (; oc, Lo Segur) is a commune in the Tarn department and Occitanie region of southern France. Geography The river Cérou forms part of the commune's south-eastern border. See also *Communes of the Tarn department The following is ...

(81280) # Senouillac (81283) #

Le Sequestre Le Sequestre (; also Le Séquestre; oc, Lo Sequèstre) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. See also *Communes of the Tarn department The following is a list of the 314 communes of the Tarn department of France. The co ...

(81284) #

Sérénac Sérénac (; oc, Serenac) is a commune in the Tarn department, southern France. 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 followin ...

(81285) # Sieurac (81287) # Souel (81290) # Taïx (81291) # Tanus, Tarn, Tanus (81292) # Tauriac, Tarn, Tauriac (81293) # Técou (81294) # Teillet (81295) # Terre-de-Bancalié (81233) # Terssac (81297) # Tonnac (81300) # Tréban (81302) # Trébas (81303) # Trévien (81304) # Valderiès (81306) # Valence-d'Albigeois (81308) # Vaour (81309) # Le Verdier (81313) # Vieux, Tarn, Vieux (81316) # Villefranche-d'Albigeois (81317) # Villeneuve-sur-Vère (81319) # Vindrac-Alayrac (81320) # Virac, Tarn, Virac (81322)

History

The arrondissement of Albi was created in 1800.Historique du Tarn
/ref> As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Albi were, as of January 2015: # Alban # Albi-Centre # Albi-Est # Albi-Nord-Est # Albi-Nord-Ouest # Albi-Ouest # Albi-Sud # Cadalen # Carmaux-Nord # Carmaux-Sud # Castelnau-de-Montmiral # Cordes-sur-Ciel # Canton of Gaillac, Gaillac # Lisle-sur-Tarn # Monestiés # Pampelonne # Rabastens # Réalmont # Salvagnac # Valderiès # Valence-d'Albigeois # Vaour # Villefranche-d'Albigeois

References

{{authority control Arrondissements of Tarn (department), Albi