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Arrondissement of Albi
Arrondissement of France
Location of Albi in Tarn
Location of Albi in Tarn
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Tarn
Communes 169
Prefecture Albi
INSEE code 811
Area
 • Total 2,731.7 km2 (1,054.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total 190,101
 • Density 69.5907/km2 (180.239/sq mi)

The arrondissement of Albi is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Tarn département. Its capital, and of the department, is the city of Albi.

History

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

Geography

It is the northernmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 2,731.7 km2 (1,055 sq mi), the largest in area of the department. It has 190,101 inhabitants and a population density of 69.6 inhabitants/km².

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

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements. That is the case of the Le Haut Dadou and the Les Portes du Tarn cantons where some communes are in the arrondissement of Albi and others in the arrondissement of Castres. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Albi
INSEE
Code		 Canton Albi Castres Total
8101 Albi-1 part of Albi part of Albi
8102 Albi-2 5 + part of Albi 5 + part of Albi
8103 Albi-3 8 + part of Albi 8 + part of Albi
8104 Albi-4 2 + part of Albi 2 + part of Albi
8105 Carmaux-1 Le Ségala 32 + part of Carmaux 32 + part of Carmaux
8106 Carmaux-2 Vallée du Cérou 39 + part of Carmaux 39 + part of Carmaux
8110 Les Deux Rives 18 18
8111 Gaillac 3 3
8113 Le Haut Dadou 27 4 31
8121 Les Portes du Tarn 2 8 10
8122 Saint-Juéry 7 7
8123 Vignobles et Bastides 25 25

Communes

The arrondissement of Albi has 169 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

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

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		 Commune Population
(2014)		 Canton Intercommunality
81004 Albi 49,531 Albi-1, Albi-2, Albi-3 and Albi-4 Communauté d'agglomération de l'Albigeois
81099 Gaillac 15,077 Gaillac Tarn et Dadou
81060 Carmaux 9,542 Carmaux-1 Le Ségala and Carmaux-2 Vallée du Cérou Carmausin-Ségala
81257 Saint-Juéry 6,792 Saint-Juéry Communauté d'agglomération de l'Albigeois
81220 Rabastens 5,394 Vignobles et Bastides Le Rabastinois
81145 Lisle-sur-Tarn 4,514 Vignobles et Bastides Tarn et Dadou
81144 Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,489 Albi-4 Communauté d'agglomération de l'Albigeois

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