Tarn (Department, France)

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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 (1995): 341,700 inhabitants

Préfecture: Albi
Sous-préfecture: Castres
Subdivisions: 2 arrondissements, 43 cantons, 324 communes.

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