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*:

### 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:

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

## References