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:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Albi INSEECode  Canton  Albi  Castres  Total8101 Albi-1  part of Albi part of Albi8102 Albi-2 5 + part of Albi 5 + part of Albi8103 Albi-3 8 + part of Albi 8 + part of Albi8104 Albi-4 2 + part of Albi 2 + part of Albi8105 Carmaux-1 Le Ségala 32 + part of Carmaux 32 + part of Carmaux8106 Carmaux-2 Vallée du Cérou  39 + part of Carmaux 39 + part of Carmaux8110 Les Deux Rives 18188111 Gaillac 338113 Le Haut Dadou 274318121 Les Portes du Tarn 28108122 Saint-Juéry 778123 Vignobles et Bastides 2525

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:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  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

References

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