Arrondissement of Albi

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 , the largest in area of the department. It has 190,101 inhabitants and a population density of  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:

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

 Alban (81003)
 Albi (81004)
 Almayrac (81008)
 Alos (81007)
 Amarens (81009)
 Ambialet (81010)
 Andillac (81012)
 Andouque (81013)
 Arthès (81018)
 Assac (81019)
 Aussac (81020)
 Beauvais-sur-Tescou (81024)
 Bellegarde-Marsal (81026)
 Bernac (81029)
 Blaye-les-Mines (81033)
 Bournazel (81035)
 Brens (81038)
 Broze (81041)
 Les Cabannes (81045)
 Cadalen (81046)
 Cadix (81047)
 Cagnac-les-Mines (81048)
 Cahuzac-sur-Vère (81051)
 Cambon (81052)
 Campagnac (81056)
 Carlus (81059)
 Carmaux (81060)
 Castanet (81061)
 Castelnau-de-Lévis (81063)
 Castelnau-de-Montmiral (81064)
 Cestayrols (81067)
 Combefa (81068)
 Cordes-sur-Ciel (81069)
 Coufouleux (81070)
 Courris (81071)
 Crespin (81072)
 Crespinet (81073)
 Cunac (81074)
 Curvalle (81077)
 Dénat (81079)
 Donnazac (81080)
 Le Dourn (81082)
 Fauch (81088)
 Faussergues (81089)
 Fayssac (81087)
 Fénols (81090)
 Florentin (81093)
 Fraissines (81094)
 Frausseilles (81095)
 Le Fraysse (81096)
 Fréjairolles (81097)
 Gaillac (81099)
 Le Garric (81101)
 Grazac (81106)
 Itzac (81108)
 Jouqueviel (81110)
 Labarthe-Bleys (81111)
 Labastide-de-Lévis (81112)
 Labastide-Dénat (81113)
 Labastide-Gabausse (81114)
 Labessière-Candeil (81117)
 Laboutarie (81119)
 Lacapelle-Pinet (81122)
 Lacapelle-Ségalar (81123)
 Lagrave (81131)
 Lamillarié (81133)
 Laparrouquial (81135)
 Larroque (81136)
 Lasgraisses (81138)
 Lédas-et-Penthiès (81141)
 Lescure-d'Albigeois (81144)
 Lisle-sur-Tarn (81145)
 Livers-Cazelles (81146)
 Lombers (81147)
 Loubers (81148)
 Loupiac (81149)
 Mailhoc (81152)
 Marnaves (81154)
 Marssac-sur-Tarn (81156)
 Massals (81161)
 Mézens (81164)
 Milhars (81165)
 Milhavet (81166)
 Miolles (81167)
 Mirandol-Bourgnounac (81168)
 Monestiés (81170)
 Montans (81171)
 Montauriol (81172)
 Montdurausse (81175)
 Montels (81176)
 Montgaillard (81178)
 Montirat (81180)
 Montrosier (81184)
 Montvalen (81185)
 Moularès (81186)
 Mouzieys-Panens (81191)
 Mouzieys-Teulet (81190)
 Noailles (81197)
 Orban (81198)
 Padiès (81199)
 Pampelonne (81201)
 Parisot (81202)
 Paulinet (81203)
 Penne (81206)
 Peyrole (81208)
 Poulan-Pouzols (81211)
 Puycelci (81217)
 Puygouzon (81218)
 Rabastens (81220)
 Réalmont (81222)
 Le Riols (81224)
 Rivières (81225)
 Ronel (81226)
 Roquemaure (81228)
 Rosières (81230)
 Rouffiac (81232)
 Roumégoux (81233)
 Roussayrolles (81234)
 Saint-André (81240)
 Saint-Antonin-de-Lacalm (81241)
 Saint-Beauzile (81243)
 Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux (81244)
 Saint-Christophe (81245)
 Saint-Cirgue (81247)
 Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou (81246)
 Sainte-Croix (81326)
 Sainte-Gemme (81249)
 Saint-Grégoire (81253)
 Saint-Jean-de-Marcel (81254)
 Saint-Juéry (81257)
 Saint-Julien-Gaulène (81259)
 Saint-Lieux-Lafenasse (81260)
 Saint-Marcel-Campes (81262)
 Saint-Martin-Laguépie (81263)
 Saint-Michel-de-Vax (81265)
 Saint-Michel-Labadié (81264)
 Saint-Urcisse (81272)
 Saliès (81274)
 Salles (81275)
 Salvagnac (81276)
 Saussenac (81277)
 La Sauzière-Saint-Jean (81279)
 Le Ségur (81280)
 Senouillac (81283)
 Le Sequestre (81284)
 Sérénac (81285)
 Sieurac (81287)
 Souel (81290)
 Taïx (81291)
 Tanus (81292)
 Tauriac (81293)
 Técou (81294)
 Teillet (81295)
 Terre-Clapier (81296)
 Terssac (81297)
 Tonnac (81300)
 Le Travet (81301)
 Tréban (81302)
 Trébas (81303)
 Trévien (81304)
 Valderiès (81306)
 Valence-d'Albigeois (81308)
 Vaour (81309)
 Le Verdier (81313)
 Vieux (81316)
 Villefranche-d'Albigeois (81317)
 Villeneuve-sur-Vère (81319)
 Vindrac-Alayrac (81320)
 Virac (81322)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Tarn department
 Communes of the Tarn department

References

Albi
Occitanie