Arrondissement of Albi
| Albi | |
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| Arrondissement of France | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Tarn |
| Communes | 169 |
| Prefecture | Albi |
| Area¹ | |
| • Total | 2,732 km2 (1,055 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 188,161 |
| • Density | 69/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² as well as the estuaries of rivers. | |
The arrondissement of Albi is an arrondissement of France in the Tarn department in the Occitanie region. Its INSEE code is 811 and its capital city is Albi.
It is the northernmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 2,731.7 km2 (1,055 sq mi), the largest in area of the department. It has 186,515 inhabitants and a population density of 68.3 inhabitants/km².
The main cities, with more than 5,000 inhabitants in 2012, in the arrondissement are Albi (49,231 inhabitants), Gaillac (13,820 inhabitants), Carmaux (9,774 inhabitants), Saint-Juéry (6,715 inhabitants) and Rabastens (5,187 inhabitants).
When the arrondissements were created in 1800, Albi was one of them in the Tarn department.
The arrondissement of Albi is bordered to the north by the Tarn-et-Garonne (Midi-Pyrénées) department, to the west by the Aveyron (Midi-Pyrénées) department, to the south by the arrondissement of Castres and to the south by the Haute-Garonne (Midi-Pyrénées) department.
The cantons of the arrondissement of Albi are:
The communes of the arrondissement of Albi, and their INSEE codes, are:
Coordinates: 43°56′N 2°08′E / 43.933°N 2.133°E
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