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department of See also:south-western See also:France, formed in 1790 of the three dioceses of See also:Albi, See also:Castres and See also:Lavaur, belonging to the See also:province of See also:Languedoc. Pop. (1906) 330,533. See also:Area, 2231 sq. m. Tarn is bounded N. and E. by See also:Aveyron, S.E. by See also:Herault, S. by See also:Aude, S.W. and W. by Haute-See also:Garonne, N.W. by Tarn-et-Garonne. The slope of the department is from See also:east to See also:west, and its See also:general See also:character is mountainous or hilly; its three See also:principal ranges, the Mountains of Lacaune, the Sidobre, and the Montagne Noire, belonging to the See also:Cevennes, See also:lie on the south-east. The stony and See also:wind-blown slopes of the first-named are used for pasturage. The highest point of the range and of the department is the Pic de Montalet (about 4150 ft.); several other summits are not much See also:short of this. The See also:granite-strewn plateaus of the Sidobre, from r600 to 2000 ft. high, See also:separate the valley of the Agodt from that of its See also:left-See also:hand affluent the Thore. The Montagne Noire, on the See also:southern border of the department, derives its name from the forests on its See also:northern slope, and some of its peaks are from 3000 to 3500 ft. high. The See also:limestone and See also:sandstone See also:foot-hills are clothed with vines and See also:fruit trees, and are broken by deep alluvial valleys of extraordinary fertility. With the exception of a small portion of the Montagne Noire, which drains into the Aude, the whole department belongs to the See also:basin of the Garonne.

The eastern portion of the department has the See also:

climate of See also:Auvergne, the severest in France, but that of the See also:plain is Girondin. At Albi the mean temperature is 55°. The rainfall, 29 or 30 ins. at that See also:place, exceeds 4o ins. on the Lacaune and Montagne Noire. The most noteworthy places in the department are Albi, the See also:capital, Castres, See also:Gaillac, Lavaur, See also:Mazamet and See also:Cordes, which are separately treated. Other places of See also:interest are Burlats, which has ruins of an old See also:church and See also:chateau; See also:Lisle d'Albi, a See also:bastide with a church of the 14th See also:century; and See also:Penne, which has ruins of a See also:fine See also:medieval chateau.

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