Communauté d'agglomération de Castres Mazamet is the ''

communauté d'agglomération An agglomeration community (french: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté urb ...

'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

Castres Castres (; ''Castras'' in the Languedocian dialect, Languedocian dialect of Occitan language, Occitan) is the sole Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administ ...

. It is located in the Tarn

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

, in the

Occitania Occitania ( oc, Occitània , , or ) is the historical region in Western Europe, Western and Southern Europe where the Occitan language, Occitan language was historically spoken and where it is sometimes still used as a second language. This ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...

, southern

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, Pac ...

. Created in 1999, its seat is in Castres.CA de Castres Mazamet (N° SIREN : 248100430)
BANATIC. Retrieved 9 November 2022. Its area is 406.1 km². Its population was 78,275 in 2019, of which 42,079 in Castres proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE. Retrieved 9 November 2022.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 14 communes: # Aiguefonde #

Aussillon Aussillon is a commune in the Tarn department and Occitanie region of southern France. Geography The Thoré forms the commune's northern border. Château du Thoré The Château du Thoré is a large country house built in 1893–4 for Armand ...

Boissezon Boissezon (; oc, Boisseson) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Its inhabitants are known in French as ''Boissezonnais'' or as ''Boissesonols''. The village was originally known as ''Buxodunum'', meaning "land of the buxus ...

# Caucalières #

Labruguière Labruguière (; Languedocien dialect, Languedocien: ''La Bruguièira'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department in southern France. The Thoré is a river that is part of the commune's east ...

# Lagarrigue #

Mazamet Mazamet (; Languedocien dialect, Languedocien: ''Masamet'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department in southern France. It is the second-largest component of the Castres-Mazamet metropolit ...

# Navès # Noailhac # Payrin-Augmontel #

Pont-de-Larn Pont-de-Larn (; oc, Lo Pont de L'Arn) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. It is 2 kilometers from Mazamet in the Occitanie region. The town is situated on the river Arn (a tributary of the Thoré) in the Haut-Languedoc Reg ...

Saint-Amans-Soult Saint-Amans-Soult (Languedocien: ''Sant Amanç de Solt'') is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. The commune was formerly called Saint-Amans-la-Bastide. It was renamed in 1851, after Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult, who was born the ...

# Valdurenque

References

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