Tarn is a department in the Occitania region in Southern France. Named after the river Tarn, it had a population of 389,844 as of 2019. Its prefecture and largest city is Albi; it has a single subprefecture, Castres. In French, the inhabitants of Tarn are known as Tarnais (masculine) and Tarnaises (feminine). Its INSEE and postcode number is 81.
Carmaux is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.
Blaye is a commune and subprefecture in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. For centuries, Blaye was a particularly convenient crossing point for those who came from the north and went to Bordeaux or further south, to Spain and Portugal. Fortified since antiquity, this eminently strategic site located on the bank of a large river, was modernized at the end of the 17th century, thanks to Vauban. In 1685, the Commissaire general des fortifications of Louis XIV proposed the construction of a real lock on the Gironde in order to "take control of the river" and to hold Bordeaux in case of a revolt. It is then that the citadel of Blaye was built, constituting the major element of the estuary control system. Dominating the urban landscape, this imposing building has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2008, as part of a group of structures engineered by Vauban, in testimony to their global influence on military architecture and planning over the next few centuries.
The arrondissement of Albi is an arrondissement of France in the Tarn department in the Occitanie region. Its INSEE code is 811 and its capital city is Albi. It has 163 communes. Its population is 191,150 (2016), and its area is 2,731.7 km2 (1,054.7 sq mi). It is the northernmost of the arrondissements of the department.
The following is a list of the 23 cantons of the Tarn department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Augustin Malroux was a French socialist politician and member of the French Resistance, a teacher by profession.
Baraqueville is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
La Bastide-Solages is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Located on the departmental border with Tarn, it had a population of 104 as of 2020.
Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.
Cagnac-les-Mines is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.
Villemur-sur-Tarn is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
Civrac-de-Blaye is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Saint-Aubin-de-Blaye is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Saint-Genès-de-Blaye is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Saint-Vivien-de-Blaye is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
The canton of Carmaux-1 Le Ségala is an administrative division of the Tarn department, southern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Carmaux.
The canton of Carmaux-2 Vallée du Cérou is an administrative division of the Tarn department, southern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Carmaux.
The Compagnie minière de Carmaux, or Société des mines de Carmaux, was one of the first coal mining companies in France. It was founded in 1752 in the isolated Carmaux basin. The company was at first slow to expand and modernize, but grew much faster after the introduction of a railway connection in the 1850s. A strike in 1892 drew national attention and had an important impact on French labour relations. By 1900 there were almost 3,500 miners and 500,000 tons of coal were produced each year. Demands increased with the two world wars of the 20th century, and foreign miners were brought in to compensate for shortage of French laborers. The company was nationalized in 1946.
Gabriel de Solages was a French soldier and industrialist. After serving in Italy, Germany and Bohemia he began exploiting coal mines on the family property near Carmaux in the Tarn department of southern France. To make use of surplus coal he opened a glass bottle factory and an iron works, and also opened a factory to make shipbuilding supplies.
