Arrondissement of Castres

The **arrondissement of Castres** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Tarn _département_. Its capital is the city of Castres.

## History

When the _arrondissements_ were created on 17 February 1800, Castres was one of them in the Tarn department.

## Geography

It is the southernmost _arrondissement_ of the department, with an area of . It is also the _arrondissement_ with more people living there, with 194,373 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ is bordered to the north by the _arrondissement_ of Albi, to the northeast by the Aveyron (Occitanie) department, to the east by the Hérault (Occitanie) department, to the south by the Aude (Occitanie) department and to the west by the Haute-Garonne (Occitanie) department.

### 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 Castres and others in the _arrondissement_ of Albi. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="2" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8107|Castres-1||part of Castres|part of Castres|
|8108|Castres-2||6 + part of Castres|**6** + part of Castres|
|8109|Castres-3||1 + part of Castres|**1** + part of Castres|
|8112|Graulhet||7|**7**|
|8113|Le Haut Dadou|27|4|**31**|
|8114|Les Hautes Terres d'Oc||26|**26**|
|8115|Lavaur Cocagne||23|**23**|
|8116|Mazamet-1||8 + part of Mazamet|**8** + part of Mazamet|
|8117|Mazamet-2 Vallée du Thoré||11 + part of Mazamet|**11** + part of Mazamet|
|8118|La Montagne noire||15|**15**|
|8119|Le Pastel||15|**15**|
|8120|Plaine de l'Agoût||27|**27**|
|8121|Les Portes du Tarn|2|8|**10**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Castres has 151 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Aguts <small>(81001)</small>
1. Aiguefonde <small>(81002)</small>
1. Albine <small>(81005)</small>
1. Algans <small>(81006)</small>
1. Ambres <small>(81011)</small>
1. Anglès <small>(81014)</small>
1. Appelle <small>(81015)</small>
1. Arfons <small>(81016)</small>
1. Arifat <small>(81017)</small>
1. Aussillon <small>(81021)</small>
1. Bannières <small>(81022)</small>
1. Barre <small>(81023)</small>
1. Belcastel <small>(81025)</small>
1. Belleserre <small>(81027)</small>
1. Berlats <small>(81028)</small>
1. Bertre <small>(81030)</small>
1. Le Bez <small>(81031)</small>
1. Blan <small>(81032)</small>
1. Boissezon <small>(81034)</small>
1. Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn <small>(81036)</small>
1. Brassac <small>(81037)</small>
1. Briatexte <small>(81039)</small>
1. Brousse <small>(81040)</small>
1. Burlats <small>(81042)</small>
1. Busque <small>(81043)</small>
1. Cabanès <small>(81044)</small>
1. Cahuzac <small>(81049)</small>
1. Cambon-lès-Lavaur <small>(81050)</small>
1. Cambounès <small>(81053)</small>
1. Cambounet-sur-le-Sor <small>(81054)</small>
1. Les Cammazes <small>(81055)</small>
1. Carbes <small>(81058)</small>
1. Castres <small>(81065)</small>
1. Caucalières <small>(81066)</small>
1. Cuq <small>(81075)</small>
1. Cuq-Toulza <small>(81076)</small>
1. Damiatte <small>(81078)</small>
1. Dourgne <small>(81081)</small>
1. Durfort <small>(81083)</small>
1. Escoussens <small>(81084)</small>
1. Escroux <small>(81085)</small>
1. Espérausses <small>(81086)</small>
1. Fiac <small>(81092)</small>
1. Fontrieu <small>(81062)</small>
1. Fréjeville <small>(81098)</small>
1. Garrevaques <small>(81100)</small>
1. Garrigues <small>(81102)</small>
1. Gijounet <small>(81103)</small>
1. Giroussens <small>(81104)</small>
1. Graulhet <small>(81105)</small>
1. Guitalens-L'Albarède <small>(81132)</small>
1. Jonquières <small>(81109)</small>
1. Labastide-Rouairoux <small>(81115)</small>
1. Labastide-Saint-Georges <small>(81116)</small>
1. Laboulbène <small>(81118)</small>
1. Labruguière <small>(81120)</small>
1. Lacabarède <small>(81121)</small>
1. Lacaune <small>(81124)</small>
1. Lacaze <small>(81125)</small>
1. Lacougotte-Cadoul <small>(81126)</small>
1. Lacroisille <small>(81127)</small>
1. Lacrouzette <small>(81128)</small>
1. Lagardiolle <small>(81129)</small>
1. Lagarrigue <small>(81130)</small>
1. Lamontélarié <small>(81134)</small>
1. Lasfaillades <small>(81137)</small>
1. Lautrec <small>(81139)</small>
1. Lavaur <small>(81140)</small>
1. Lempaut <small>(81142)</small>
1. Lescout <small>(81143)</small>
1. Lugan <small>(81150)</small>
1. Magrin <small>(81151)</small>
1. Marzens <small>(81157)</small>
1. Le Masnau-Massuguiès <small>(81158)</small>
1. Massac-Séran <small>(81159)</small>
1. Massaguel <small>(81160)</small>
1. Maurens-Scopont <small>(81162)</small>
1. Mazamet <small>(81163)</small>
1. Missècle <small>(81169)</small>
1. Montcabrier <small>(81173)</small>
1. Montdragon <small>(81174)</small>
1. Montfa <small>(81177)</small>
1. Montgey <small>(81179)</small>
1. Montpinier <small>(81181)</small>
1. Montredon-Labessonnié <small>(81182)</small>
1. Mont-Roc <small>(81183)</small>
1. Moulayrès <small>(81187)</small>
1. Moulin-Mage <small>(81188)</small>
1. Mouzens <small>(81189)</small>
1. Murat-sur-Vèbre <small>(81192)</small>
1. Nages <small>(81193)</small>
1. Navès <small>(81195)</small>
1. Noailhac <small>(81196)</small>
1. Palleville <small>(81200)</small>
1. Payrin-Augmontel <small>(81204)</small>
1. Péchaudier <small>(81205)</small>
1. Peyregoux <small>(81207)</small>
1. Pont-de-Larn <small>(81209)</small>
1. Poudis <small>(81210)</small>
1. Prades <small>(81212)</small>
1. Pratviel <small>(81213)</small>
1. Puéchoursi <small>(81214)</small>
1. Puybegon <small>(81215)</small>
1. Puycalvel <small>(81216)</small>
1. Puylaurens <small>(81219)</small>
1. Rayssac <small>(81221)</small>
1. Le Rialet <small>(81223)</small>
1. Roquecourbe <small>(81227)</small>
1. Roquevidal <small>(81229)</small>
1. Rouairoux <small>(81231)</small>
1. Saint-Affrique-les-Montagnes <small>(81235)</small>
1. Saint-Agnan <small>(81236)</small>
1. Saint-Amancet <small>(81237)</small>
1. Saint-Amans-Soult <small>(81238)</small>
1. Saint-Amans-Valtoret <small>(81239)</small>
1. Saint-Avit <small>(81242)</small>
1. Saint-Gauzens <small>(81248)</small>
1. Saint-Genest-de-Contest <small>(81250)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-des-Prés <small>(81251)</small>
1. Saint-Germier <small>(81252)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-Rives <small>(81255)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-Vals <small>(81256)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-du-Puy <small>(81258)</small>
1. Saint-Lieux-lès-Lavaur <small>(81261)</small>
1. Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux <small>(81266)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-de-Trivisy <small>(81267)</small>
1. Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès <small>(81268)</small>
1. Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme <small>(81269)</small>
1. Saint-Sernin-lès-Lavaur <small>(81270)</small>
1. Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe <small>(81271)</small>
1. Saïx <small>(81273)</small>
1. Sauveterre <small>(81278)</small>
1. Sémalens <small>(81281)</small>
1. Senaux <small>(81282)</small>
1. Serviès <small>(81286)</small>
1. Sorèze <small>(81288)</small>
1. Soual <small>(81289)</small>
1. Teulat <small>(81298)</small>
1. Teyssode <small>(81299)</small>
1. Vabre <small>(81305)</small>
1. Valdurenque <small>(81307)</small>
1. Veilhes <small>(81310)</small>
1. Vénès <small>(81311)</small>
1. Verdalle <small>(81312)</small>
1. Viane <small>(81314)</small>
1. Vielmur-sur-Agout <small>(81315)</small>
1. Villeneuve-lès-Lavaur <small>(81318)</small>
1. Le Vintrou <small>(81321)</small>
1. Viterbe <small>(81323)</small>
1. Viviers-lès-Lavaur <small>(81324)</small>
1. Viviers-lès-Montagnes <small>(81325)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|81065|Castres|41,382|Castres-1, Castres-2 and Castres-3|Communauté d'agglomération de Castres - Mazamet|
|81105|Graulhet|12,063|Graulhet|Tarn et Dadou|
|81140|Lavaur|10,592|Lavaur Cocagne|Tarn-Agout|
|81163|Mazamet|10,173|Mazamet-1 and Mazamet-2 Vallée du Thoré|Communauté d'agglomération de Castres - Mazamet|
|81271|Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe|8,642|Les Portes du Tarn|Tarn-Agout|
|81120|Labruguière|6,478|La Montagne noire|Communauté d'agglomération de Castres - Mazamet|
|81021|Aussillon|6,121|Mazamet-1|Communauté d'agglomération de Castres - Mazamet|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Tarn department
- Communes of the Tarn department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Castres
- **insee**: 812
- **nbcomm**: 151
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Castres
- **area**: 3026.2
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Castres 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Occitanie