Lautrec (; oc, Lautrèc) is a
commune in the
Tarn department
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Government and military
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in southern
France.
Demography
Remarkable sites
Lautrec is listed among
"The Most Beautiful Villages of France" as well as a "Remarkable Site for Taste" thanks to its renowned
pink garlic.
Its remarkable sites include:
* the village itself, with its 14th century market square
* the Saint Remy collegiate church and its sumptuous marble retable
* the 17th century windmill, one of the few still working today in the South of France
* a clog workshop, recreated after the one that existed there until the early 1960s
* the Caussade Gate (13th century)
* the Salette
calvary
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(altitude 328 m)
* the
Roman road
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See also
* Famous painter
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s family had roots in this village
*
Communes of the Tarn department
*
Tourism in Tarn
References
Communes of Tarn (department)
Plus Beaux Villages de France
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