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.

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 Castres and others in the arrondissement of Albi. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Castres INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Albi  Castres8107 Castres-1 part of Castres  part of Castres8108 Castres-26 + part of Castres 6 + part of Castres 8109 Castres-3 1 + part of Castres 1 + part of Castres 8112 Graulhet778113 Le Haut Dadou274318114 Les Hautes Terres d'Oc26268115 Lavaur Cocagne23238116 Mazamet-18 + part of Mazamet 8 + part of Mazamet8117 Mazamet-2 Vallée du Thoré11 + part of Mazamet 11 + part of Mazamet8118 La Montagne noire15158119 Le Pastel15158120 Plaine de l'Agoût27278121 Les Portes du Tarn2810

Communes
The arrondissement of Castres has 151 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

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

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  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

References

Castres