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Carmaux
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Carmaux (; ) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.
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Carmaux is a commune in France, situated in the Tarn department within the Occitanie region. It serves as the capital for several administrative cantons, including Carmaux-Nord and Carmaux-Sud. The town has a population of 9,927, comprising 4,443 males and 5,057 females, and covers an area of 14.16 square kilometers. Its postal code is 81400, and it is located at an elevation of 340 meters above sea level.
The commune shares borders with Blaye-les-Mines, Almayrac, Le Garric, and Monestiés. Carmaux is twinned with Neckarsulm and Porcari. It falls under the jurisdiction of the arrondissement of Albi and is associated with the electoral districts of Carmaux-1 Le Ségala and Carmaux-2 Vallée du Cérou.
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Place details
- Locality
- Carmaux
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 10,413
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Carmaux
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Carmaux-centre.jpg
- French commune.caption
- View of the city center of Carmaux
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Carmaux (Tarn).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Albi
- French commune.canton
- Carmaux-1 Le Ségala and Carmaux-2 Vallée du Cérou
- French commune.INSEE
- 81060
- French commune.postal code
- 81400
- French commune.mayor
- Jean-Louis Bousquet
- French commune.term
- 2021–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Carmausin-Ségala
- French commune.elevation m
- 235
- French commune.elevation min m
- 228
- French commune.elevation max m
- 340
- French commune.area km2
- 14.16
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Carmaux
- Country
- France
- Located in
- canton of Carmaux-Nord
- Population
- 9872
- Area
- 14.16
- Elevation
- 277
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Ségala
- Shares border with
- Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux
- Official website
- www.carmaux.fr
- Image
- Carmaux-centre.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Carmaux
- twinned administrative body
- Porcari
- Commons category
- Carmaux
- postal code
- 81400
- male population
- 4443
- female population
- 5057
- P8168
- Ananke group
- associated electoral district
- canton of Carmaux-2 Vallée du Cérou
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-63-80-22-50
Sources (4)
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Travel guide
Understand
Carmaux is located north of Albi. It was once the city of coal, whose presence still marks the place and its surroundings, even if some mines have been transformed into leisure centers.
See
You can visit the Cité Minière of Carmaux if you like history and learning about a city. If you love art and glass, you can visit the Musée de verre of Carmaux. But if you love sports, it is possible for you to visit Cap’Decouvert. It is a large park with a lot of sports activities and it is very funny and cool.
Eat
There are a lot of restaurants with low prices in Carmaux like these restaurants, Ô Saveurs d’Antan, its gastronomic French food, Le Boeuf Marin, it's a mid gastronomic restaurant. Or if you like simpler food, you can eat in L’Eclat . { "type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [ { "type": "Feature", "properties": {}, "geometry": { "type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [ [ [ 2.1354675292968754, 44.039725114583696 ], [ 2.1354675292968754, 44.059712566971974 ], [ 2.181816101074219, 44.059712566971974 ], [ 2.181816101074219, 44.039725114583696 ], [ 2.1354675292968754, 44.039725114583696 ] ] ] } } ] }
Sleep
In Carmaux, you can sleep in many places like the Gîte «De La Fontaine Verte» or Gîte «Quartier de la tour».
There is also a hotel called «Le Gambetta», and Carmaux has a good reputation for camping sites.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Industries
- Geography
- Demographics
- Famous residents
- See also
- References
- External links
Carmaux (; ) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.
==Industries==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carmaux” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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