Communauté d'agglomération de Castres Mazamet is the ''

communauté d'agglomération An agglomeration community (, ) is a consortium of communes in France, communes (municipality, municipalities) in France, created as a government structure by the Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of co ...

'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

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 (adminis ...

. It is located in the Tarn department, in the

Occitania Occitania is the historical region in Southern Europe where the Occitan language was historically spoken and where it is sometimes used as a second language. This cultural area roughly encompasses much of the southern third of France (except ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

, southern

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. Created in 1999, its seat is in Castres.CA de Castres Mazamet (N° SIREN : 248100430)
BANATIC. Retrieved 17 October 2024. 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 #

Boissezon Boissezon (; ) 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." It is home ...

Caucalières Caucalières (; ) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Geography The Thoré forms most of the commune's southern border. See also *Communes of the Tarn department The following is a list of the 314 communes of the Tarn ...

Labruguière Labruguière (; Languedocien: ''La Bruguièira'') is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. The Thoré is a river that is part of the commune's eastern border, flows north-northwestward through the northern part of the commune, c ...

# 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 Payrin-Augmontel (; ) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Geography The Espinat forms most of the commune's eastern border, then flows into the Thoré, which forms the commune's southern border. Population See also *Comm ...

Pont-de-Larn Pont-de-Larn (; ) 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 Regional Nature Park a ...

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 ...

Valdurenque Valdurenque (; ) 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 in ...

References

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