Lautrec

Lautrec
Commune
A general view of Lautrec
Coat of arms
Lautrec Location within Occitanie region Lautrec
Coordinates: 43°42′25″N 2°08′23″E / 43.7069°N 2.1397°E / 43.7069; 2.1397Coordinates: 43°42′25″N 2°08′23″E / 43.7069°N 2.1397°E / 43.7069; 2.1397
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	Plaine de l'Agoût
Intercommunality	Lautrecois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Laurent Gros
Area1	54.64 km2 (21.10 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,743
• Density	32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	81139 /81440
Elevation	165–360 m (541–1,181 ft) (avg. 292 m or 958 ft)
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 (Occitan: Lautrèc) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

Demography

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

• INSEE

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