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.

### 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_:

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

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! 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|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Albi
- **insee**: 811
- **nbcomm**: 163
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Albi
- **area**: 2731.7
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Albi 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Occitanie