Arrondissement of Albi

Albi
Arrondissement of France
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department Tarn
Communes 170
Prefecture Albi
Area¹
  Total 2,732 km2 (1,055 sq mi)
Population (2012)
  Total 186,515
  Density 68/km2 (180/sq mi)
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² as well as the estuaries of rivers.

The arrondissement of Albi is an arrondissement of France in the Tarn department in the Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées region. Its INSEE code is 811 and its capital city is Albi.

It is the northernmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 2,731.7 km2 (1,055 sq mi),[1] the largest in area of the department. It has 186,515 inhabitants and a population density of 68.3 inhabitants/km².[2]

The main cities, with more than 5,000 inhabitants in 2012, in the arrondissement are Albi (49,231 inhabitants), Gaillac (13,820 inhabitants), Carmaux (9,774 inhabitants), Saint-Juéry (6,715 inhabitants) and Rabastens (5,187 inhabitants).[2]

History

When the arrondissements were created in 1800, Albi was one of them in the Tarn department.[3]

Geography

The arrondissement of Albi is bordered to the north by the Tarn-et-Garonne (Midi-Pyrénées) department, to the west by the Aveyron (Midi-Pyrénées) department, to the south by the arrondissement of Castres and to the south by the Haute-Garonne (Midi-Pyrénées) department.

Composition

Cantons

The cantons of the arrondissement of Albi are:

  1. Albi-1
  2. Albi-2
  3. Albi-3
  4. Albi-4
  5. Carmaux-1 Le Ségala
  6. Carmaux-2 Vallée du Cérou
  7. Les Deux Rives
  8. Gaillac
  9. Le Haut Dadou (partly)
  10. Les Portes du Tarn (partly)
  11. Saint-Juéry
  12. Vignobles et Bastides

Communes

The communes of the arrondissement of Albi, and their INSEE codes, are:

1. Alban (81003) 2. Albi (81004) 3. Almayrac (81008) 4. Alos (81007)
5. Amarens (81009) 6. Ambialet (81010) 7. Andillac (81012) 8. Andouque (81013)
9. Arthès (81018) 10. Assac (81019) 11. Aussac (81020) 12. Beauvais-sur-Tescou (81024)
13. Bellegarde (81026) 14. Bernac (81029) 15. Blaye-les-Mines (81033) 16. Bournazel (81035)
17. Brens (81038) 18. Broze (81041) 19. Cadalen (81046) 20. Cadix (81047)
21. Cagnac-les-Mines (81048) 22. Cahuzac-sur-Vère (81051) 23. Cambon (81052) 24. Campagnac (81056)
25. Carlus (81059) 26. Carmaux (81060) 27. Castanet (81061) 28. Castelnau-de-Lévis (81063)
29. Castelnau-de-Montmiral (81064) 30. Cestayrols (81067) 31. Combefa (81068) 32. Cordes-sur-Ciel (81069)
33. Coufouleux (81070) 34. Courris (81071) 35. Crespin (81072) 36. Crespinet (81073)
37. Cunac (81074) 38. Curvalle (81077) 39. Donnazac (81080) 40. Dénat (81079)
41. Fauch (81088) 42. Faussergues (81089) 43. Fayssac (81087) 44. Florentin (81093)
45. Fraissines (81094) 46. Frausseilles (81095) 47. Fréjairolles (81097) 48. Fénols (81090)
49. Gaillac (81099) 50. Grazac (81106) 51. Itzac (81108) 52. Jouqueviel (81110)
53. La Sauzière-Saint-Jean (81279) 54. Labarthe-Bleys (81111) 55. Labastide-Dénat (81113) 56. Labastide-Gabausse (81114)
57. Labastide-de-Lévis (81112) 58. Labessière-Candeil (81117) 59. Laboutarie (81119) 60. Lacapelle-Pinet (81122)
61. Lacapelle-Ségalar (81123) 62. Lagrave (81131) 63. Lamillarié (81133) 64. Laparrouquial (81135)
65. Larroque (81136) 66. Lasgraisses (81138) 67. Le Dourn (81082) 68. Le Fraysse (81096)
69. Le Garric (81101) 70. Le Riols (81224) 71. Le Sequestre (81284) 72. Le Ségur (81280)
73. Le Travet (81301) 74. Le Verdier (81313) 75. Les Cabannes (81045) 76. Lescure-d'Albigeois (81144)
77. Lisle-sur-Tarn (81145) 78. Livers-Cazelles (81146) 79. Lombers (81147) 80. Loubers (81148)
81. Loupiac (81149) 82. Lédas-et-Penthiès (81141) 83. Mailhoc (81152) 84. Marnaves (81154)
85. Marsal (81155) 86. Marssac-sur-Tarn (81156) 87. Massals (81161) 88. Milhars (81165)
89. Milhavet (81166) 90. Miolles (81167) 91. Mirandol-Bourgnounac (81168) 92. Monestiés (81170)
93. Montans (81171) 94. Montauriol (81172) 95. Montdurausse (81175) 96. Montels (81176)
97. Montgaillard (81178) 98. Montirat (81180) 99. Montrosier (81184) 100. Montvalen (81185)
101. Moularès (81186) 102. Mouzieys-Panens (81191) 103. Mouzieys-Teulet (81190) 104. Mézens (81164)
105. Noailles (81197) 106. Orban (81198) 107. Padiès (81199) 108. Pampelonne (81201)
109. Parisot (81202) 110. Paulinet (81203) 111. Penne (81206) 112. Peyrole (81208)
113. Poulan-Pouzols (81211) 114. Puycelci (81217) 115. Puygouzon (81218) 116. Rabastens (81220)
117. Rivières (81225) 118. Ronel (81226) 119. Roquemaure (81228) 120. Rosières (81230)
121. Rouffiac (81232) 122. Roumégoux (81233) 123. Roussayrolles (81234) 124. Réalmont (81222)
125. Saint-André (81240) 126. Saint-Antonin-de-Lacalm (81241) 127. Saint-Beauzile (81243) 128. Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux (81244)
129. Saint-Christophe (81245) 130. Saint-Cirgue (81247) 131. Saint-Grégoire (81253) 132. Saint-Jean-de-Marcel (81254)
133. Saint-Julien-Gaulène (81259) 134. Saint-Juéry (81257) 135. Saint-Lieux-Lafenasse (81260) 136. Saint-Marcel-Campes (81262)
137. Saint-Martin-Laguépie (81263) 138. Saint-Michel-Labadié (81264) 139. Saint-Michel-de-Vax (81265) 140. Saint-Urcisse (81272)
141. Sainte-Croix (81326) 142. Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou (81246) 143. Sainte-Gemme (81249) 144. Saliès (81274)
145. Salles (81275) 146. Salvagnac (81276) 147. Saussenac (81277) 148. Senouillac (81283)
149. Sieurac (81287) 150. Souel (81290) 151. Sérénac (81285) 152. Tanus (81292)
153. Tauriac (81293) 154. Taïx (81291) 155. Teillet (81295) 156. Terre-Clapier (81296)
157. Terssac (81297) 158. Tonnac (81300) 159. Tréban (81302) 160. Trébas (81303)
161. Trévien (81304) 162. Técou (81294) 163. Valderiès (81306) 164. Valence-d'Albigeois (81308)
165. Vaour (81309) 166. Vieux (81316) 167. Villefranche-d'Albigeois (81317) 168. Villeneuve-sur-Vère (81319)
169. Vindrac-Alayrac (81320) 170. Virac (81322)

References

  1. "Arrondissement d'Albi (811) - Résumé statistique". Publications et statistiques pour la France ou les régions (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Populations lègales 2012 - 81-Tarn". Populations légales 2012 des départements et des collectivités d'outre-mer (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  3. "Historique du Tarn". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 10 August 2015.

Coordinates: 43°56′N 2°08′E / 43.933°N 2.133°E / 43.933; 2.133

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