See also: Tarn (homonymy)

The department of the Tarn (81) is a department French crossed by the river éponyme.

History

See also: History of the Tarn

The department was created with the French revolution, the March 4th 1790 pursuant to the law of the December 22nd 1789, starting from part of the province of the Languedoc. The department was made up starting from the dioceses of Albi and of Castrate. Under the terms of the law of the 28 pluviôse year V, the departments of Herault and the Tarn exchanged the canton of Angles (which belonged to the diocese of Saint-Pons) and the canton of Saint-Gervais (who belonged to the diocese of Castrate).

Geography

See also: Geography of the Tarn

The Tarn belongs to the area the Midday-Pyrenees. It is bordering on the departments of the Aveyron, of the Herault, the Aude, the Haute-Garonne and the Tarn-et-Garonne. The principal river is the Tarn. While the valley of the Tarn forms a plain, the center of the department is undulating. The south is made of a rock solid mass: the Black Mountain.

Climate

See also: Climate of the Tarn

Economy

See also: Economy of the Tarn

Demography

See also: Demography of the Tarn

The inhabitants of the Tarn are the Tarnais .

Culture

See also: Culture in the Tarn

Tourism

See also: Tourism in the Tarn

Policy

See also: Political of the Tarn

• List of the deputies of the Tarn

• List of the senators of the Tarn
• List of the general advisers of the Tarn

Administration

See also: Administration of the Tarn

Prefecture Albi, sub-prefecture Castrate.

• Intercommunalités of the Tarn
• List of the prefects of the Tarn
• Common of the Tarn
• Old communes of the Tarn

Others

External bonds

• Photographs of the Tarn
• Prefecture
• General advice
• Departmental committee of tourism of the Tarn