Tarn
French department
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Summary
Tarn is a department of France[1]. Tarn draws 2,861 Wikipedia views per month (department of france category, ranking #59 of 147).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Occitania[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Capital: Albi[5]
- Shares border with: Aude[6], Aveyron[7], Haute-Garonne[8], Hérault[9], Tarn-et-Garonne[10]
- Named after: Tarn[11]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Albi[12], arrondissement of Castres[13]
- Commons category: Tarn (department)[14]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[15], UTC+02:00[16]
- Inception: March 4, 1790[17]
- Highest point: Puech de Rascas[18]
- Official website: https://www.tarn.gouv.fr/[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tarn (department)[20]
- Commons gallery: Tarn (department)[21]
- Population: 386,543[22], 387,890[23], 388,596[24], 389,844[25], 391,066[26], 393,572[27], 396,168[28], 397,352[29]
- Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[30]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[32]
- Official name: Tarn[33]
- List of monuments: Liste des monuments historiques du Tarn[34]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Tarn[35]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Tarn[36]
- Demonym: tarnais[37], tarnés[38]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Tarn (department)[39]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Tarn (department)[40]
- Different from: Tarnis[41], Tarn[42]
- Area: 5758 km²[43]
Why It Matters
Tarn has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Tarn is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]