Tarn (Department, France)

Last modified: 2010-11-12 by ivan sache
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Administrative data

Code: 81
Region: Midi-Pyrénées
Traditional province: Languedoc
Bordering departments: Aude, Aveyron, Haute-Garonne, Hérault, Tarn-et-Garonne

Area: 5,758 km²
Population (2006): 360,000 inhabitants

Préfecture: Albi
Sous-préfecture: Castres
Subdivisions: 2 arrondissements, 46 cantons, 323 communes.

The department is named after river Tarn (375 km), tributary of the Garonne.

Ivan Sache, 14 November 2009