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*:

### 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:

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

## References