Lautrec
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Lautrec | ||
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Commune | ||
![]() A general view of Lautrec
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Country | France | |
Region | Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées | |
Department | Tarn | |
Arrondissement | Castres | |
Canton | Plaine de l'Agoût | |
Intercommunality | Lautrécois-Pays d'Agout | |
Government | ||
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Thierry Bardou[1] | |
Area1 | 54.64 km2 (21.10 sq mi) | |
Population (Jan. 2018)2 | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | |
INSEE/Postal code | 81139 / 81440 | |
Elevation | 165–360 m (541–1,181 ft) (avg. 292 m or 958 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Lautrec (French pronunciation: [lotʁɛk]; Occitan: Lautrèc) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.
Demography
Year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2012 | 2017 |
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Population | 1508 | 1316 | 1503 | 1527 | 1554 | 1706 | 1798 | 1783 |
Remarkable sites
Lautrec is listed among "The Most Beautiful Villages of France" as well as a "Remarkable Site for Taste" thanks to its renowned pink garlic. Its remarkable sites include:
- the village itself, with its 14th century market square
- the Saint Remy collegiate church and its sumptuous marble retable
- the 17th century windmill, one of the few still working today in the South of France
- a clog workshop, recreated after the one that existed there until the early 1960s
- the Caussade Gate (13th century)
- the Salette calvary (altitude 328 m)
- the Roman road
See also
- Famous painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s family had roots in this village
- Communes of the Tarn department
- Tourism in Tarn
References
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- ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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