Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux (, literally ''Saint-Benoît of
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 min ...
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Languedocien
Languedocien (French name, ), Languedocian or Lengadocian (), is an Occitan dialect spoken in rural parts of southern France such as Languedoc, Rouergue, Quercy, Agenais and Southern Périgord. It is sometimes also called Languedocien-Guyennai ...
: ''Sant Benesech de Carmauç'') is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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France
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Geography
The commune is traversed by 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, i ...