Gaillac
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| Commune of Gaillac | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 02° 08' 47" E |
| Latitude | 43.9° N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Department | Tarn |
| Arrondissement | Albi |
| Canton | Gaillac |
| Intercommunality | Tarn et Dadou |
| Mayor | Michèle Rieux |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 105 m–288 m (avg. 140 m) |
| Land area¹ | 50.93 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
11,073 |
| - Density (1999) | 217/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 81099/ 81600 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Gaillac is a town and commune in the département of Tarn, in the south of France, some 50km north-east of Toulouse.
It is a millennium city in an area that has produced wine since Roman times. It is a market town and is the commercial centre of the north-west of Tarn.
[edit] Sport
- UA Gaillac - The union team.
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