Graulhet

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Coordinates: 43°45′42″N 1°59′21″E / 43.7616666666667, 1.98916666666667

Commune of Graulhet

A lane in Graulhet

Location
Graulhet (France)
Graulhet
Administration
Country France
Region Midi-Pyrénées
Department Tarn
Arrondissement Castres
Canton Graulhet (chief town)
Intercommunality Communauté de Communes Tarn & Dadou
Mayor Jean Picarel
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 126 m–373 m
(avg. 160 m)
Land area¹ 56.75 km² km²
Population²
(1999)
12,656
 - Density 223/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 81105/ 81300
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Graulhet is a town in France. It is a centre of tanning. Leather was the main activity before industry went to China. Graulhet is crossed by the Dadou river; it is a typical village of the South of France, also called Midi.