Lautrec

Lautrec
A general view of Lautrec
Coat of arms
Lautrec
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region  Lautrec
Coordinates: 43°42′25″N 2°08′23″E / 43.7069°N 2.1397°ECoordinates: 43°42′25″N 2°08′23″E / 43.7069°N 2.1397°E
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	Lautrec
Intercommunality	Lautrecois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Laurent Gros
Area^1	54.64 km^2 (21.10 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	1,743
• Density	32/km^2 (83/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	81139 / 81440
Elevation	165–360 m (541–1,181 ft) (avg. 292 m or 958 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Lautrec (Occitan: Lautrèc) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

Demography

Historical population of Lautrec
(Source: INSEE^[1])

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2005
Population	1344	1508	1316	1503	1527	1556	1673

Remarkable sites

Lautrec is listed among "The Most Beautiful Villages of France" as well as a "Remarkable Site for Taste" thanks to its renowned pink garlic. Its remarkable sites include:

• the village itself, with its 14th century market square
• the Saint Remy collegiate church and its sumptuous marble retable
• the 17th century windmill, one of the few still working today in the South of France
• a clog workshop, recreated after the one that existed there until the early 1960s
• the Caussade Gate (13th century)
• the Salette Calvary (altitude 328 m)
• the Roman road

See also

• Famous painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s family had roots in this village
• Communes of the Tarn department
• Tourism in Tarn

References

• INSEE

1. Lautrec sur le site de l'Insee