Mazamet

Panorama of Mazamet

Coat of arms

Mazamet

Location within Occitanie region

Mazamet

Coordinates: 43°29′34″N 2°22′27″E / 43.4928°N 2.3742°ECoordinates: 43°29′34″N 2°22′27″E / 43.4928°N 2.3742°E

Country

Mazamet

Castres–Mazamet

Government

• Mayor (2014–2020)

Olivier Fabre

Area¹

72.08 km² (27.83 sq mi)

Population (2011)²

12,350

• Density

170/km² (440/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

81163 /81200

Elevation

213–1,176 m (699–3,858 ft)
(avg. 241 m or 791 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mazamet (Languedocien: Masamet) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

It is the second-largest component of the Castres-Mazamet metropolitan area.

Mazamet is situated on the northern slope of the Montagne Noire and on the Arnette, a small tributary of the Thoré, which forms the commune's northern border.

Mazamet is an industrial town. Numerous establishments are employed in wool-spinning and in the manufacture of swan-skins and flannels, and clothing for troops, and hosiery, and there are important tanneries and leather-dressing, glove and dye works. Extensive commerce is carried on in wool and raw hides from Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Uruguay, and South Africa (Cape Colony).

Mazamet was the start for Stage 14 in the 2007 Tour de France, finishing on the top of Plateau de Beille. The stage was won by Alberto Contador, who later went on to win the Tour.

Mazamet is twinned with:

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