Rabastens (French pronunciation: [ʁabastɛ̃s]) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. The historian Gustave de Clausade (1815–1888) was born in Rabastens of which he became mayor in 1848.
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Coordinates: 43°49′23″N 1°43′33″E / 43.8231°N 1.7258°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Tarn |
Arrondissement | Albi |
Canton | Vignobles et Bastides |
Intercommunality | CA Gaillac-Graulhet |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Nicolas Géraud[1] |
Area 1 | 66.29 km2 (25.59 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 5,775 |
• Density | 87/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 81220 /81800 |
Elevation | 95–252 m (312–827 ft) (avg. 117 m or 384 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
On 23 July 1570, during the French Wars of Religion, the troops of Blaise de Montluc took the town and massacred most of the Protestant garrison.[3]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 4,307 | — |
1975 | 4,182 | −0.42% |
1982 | 3,806 | −1.34% |
1990 | 3,825 | +0.06% |
1999 | 4,176 | +0.98% |
2007 | 4,819 | +1.81% |
2012 | 5,187 | +1.48% |
2017 | 5,620 | +1.62% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Rabastens-Couffouleux station has rail connections to Toulouse, Albi and Rodez.