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Tarn-et-Garonne

Tarn-et-Garonne (; ) is a department in the Occitania region in Southern France. It is traversed by the rivers Tarn and Garonne, from which it takes its name. The area was originally part of the former provinces of Quercy and Languedoc. The department was created in 1808 under Napoleon, with territory taken from the neighbouring Lot, Haute-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne, Gers and Aveyron departments.

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Tarn-et-Garonne is a department (administrative division) located in the Occitania region of Southern France, named after the two rivers—the Tarn and Garonne—that flow through it. Created by Napoleon in 1808 from portions of five neighboring departments, it occupies territory that historically belonged to the provinces of Quercy and Languedoc.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Tarn-et-Garonne
Settlement.native_name_lang: fr
Settlement.type: Department
Settlement.image_skyline: Préfecture du Tarn-et-Garonne (Montauban).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Prefecture building in Montauban
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Tarn-et-Garonne.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Blason département fr Tarn-et-Garonne.svg
Settlement.image_map: Tarn-et-Garonne-Position.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Tarn-et-Garonne in France
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: France
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Occitanie
Settlement.seat_type: Prefecture
Settlement.seat: Montauban
Settlement.parts_type: Subprefectures
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.p1: Castelsarrasin

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: department of France
Named after: Garonne
Official name: Tarn-et-Garonne
Country: France
Located in: Midi-Pyrénées
Contains: Boudou
Capital: Montauban
Population: 265817
Area: 3718
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Head of government: Jean-Michel Baylet
Shares border with: Tarn
Official website: www.tarn-et-garonne.pref.gouv.fr
Image: Saint antonin nobleval avion.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Tarn-et-Garonne
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Tarn-et-Garonne
Commons category: Tarn-et-Garonne
inception: 1808-11-21
Commons gallery: Tarn-et-Garonne
category for people born here: Category:Births in Tarn-et-Garonne
category of associated people: Category:People from Tarn-et-Garonne
annual number of weddings: 859
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
History of the region
History of the department
Geography
Demographics
Principal towns
Politics
Departmental Council of Tarn-et-Garonne
Members of the National Assembly
Gallery
See also
References
External links

The department is mostly rural with fertile agricultural land in the broad river valley, but there are hilly areas to the south, east and north. The departmental prefecture is Montauban; the sole subprefecture is Castelsarrasin. In 2023, it had a population of 265,817.

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