Padiès (; oc, Padièrs) is a

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in the Tarn

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in southern

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. The

Château de Padiès The Château de Padiès is a mansion built on the site of a former castle, located in the outskirts of the village of Lempaut in the ''département'' of Tarn in southern France. The Château de Padiès is a Renaissance château, built in its pres ...

is situated in the commune of

Lempaut Lempaut is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. In Lempaut is the 17th century Château de Padiès, a listed monument since 1928. See also * Communes of the Tarn department The following is a list of the 314 communes of the ...

, 62 km to the southwest of Padiès.

Population

Geography

The

Cérou The Cérou (french: le Cérou) is an long river in the Aveyron and Tarn departments in southern France. Its source is at Saint-Jean-Delnous, northwest of the village. It flows generally west-northwest. It is a left tributary of the Aveyron, int ...

forms most of the commune's northwestern border.