Mazamet

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Coordinates: 43°29′34″N 2°22′27″E / 43.4927777778, 2.37416666667

Administration
Commune of Mazamet
Location

Country	France
Region	Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	Mazamet
Intercommunality	Castres–Mazamet
Mayor	Suzanne Monteil (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	213 m–1,176 m (avg. 241 m)
Land area^¹	72.08 km²
Population^² (1999)	10,544
- Density	146.3/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	81163/ 81200
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.

Mazamet is a town and commune of southwestern France, in the Tarn département, 41 m. S.S.E. of Albi by rail. Population (1999) 10,544. It is the second-largest component of the Castres-Mazamet metropolitan area, the Communauté d'agglomération de Castres-Mazamet, an urban area with a 1999 census population of 81,058 inhabitants.

1 Geography
2 Economy
3 People
4 Tour de France
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Geography

Mazamet is situated on the northern slope of the Montagnes Noires and on the Arnette, a small sub-tributary of the Agout.

[edit] Economy

Mazamet is an industrial town. Numerous establishments are employed in wool-spinning and in the manufacture of swan-skins and flannels, and clothing for troops, and hosiery, and there are important tanneries and leather-dressing, glove and dye works. Extensive commerce is carried on in wool and raw hides from Argentina, Australia and Cape Colony.

[edit] People

Pierre Capretz, developer of the French in Action series for teaching French, was born in Mazamet in 1925.
Laurent Jalabert and his younger brother Nicolas Jalabert, both professionals in Road bicycle racing, were born here.
Marie Sirven, born in Mazamet in 1954
François Girbaud, born in Mazamet in 1945
Laurent Cabrol, born in Mazamet in 1947
Jean-Luc Sabatier, born in Mazamet in 1964
Gaston Tournier, born in Mazamet in 1890
Rémy Cazals, born in Mazamet
Pierre Baraillé - (1923-2005), mayor of Mazamet from 1953 to 1977, Conseiller Général du Tarn from 1954 to 1967
Michel Bourguignon - (1928 - 2002), mayor of Mazamet from 1991 to 2002, Conseiller Régional Midi-Pyrénées from 1992 to 1998, Président de la communauté d'agglomération Castre Mazamet from 2000 to 2002
Lucien Mias