Carmaux

Carmaux
Commune
Coat of arms of Carmaux
Coat of arms
Location of Carmaux
Map
Carmaux is located in France
Carmaux
Carmaux
Carmaux is located in Occitanie
Carmaux
Carmaux
Coordinates: 44°03′00″N 2°09′32″E / 44.05°N 2.1589°E / 44.05; 2.1589
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentTarn
ArrondissementAlbi
CantonCarmaux-1 Le Ségala and Carmaux-2 Vallée du Cérou
IntercommunalityCarmausin-Ségala
Government
 • Mayor (2021–2026) Jean-Louis Bousquet[1]
Area
1
14.16 km2 (5.47 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
9,898
 • Density700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
81060 /81400
Elevation228–340 m (748–1,115 ft)
(avg. 235 m or 771 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Carmaux (French pronunciation: [kaʁmo]; Occitan: Carmauç) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.[3]

Industries[edit]

The Compagnie minière de Carmaux has its origins in a coal mining concession granted in 1852 to Gabriel de Solages, which became the Compagnie minière de Carmaux. He also founded a glass bottle factory, fueled by the coal.[4] Carmaux was famous for its industries of coal mining (from the thirteenth century to 2000) and its glassworks (from the eighteenth century to 1931).

Geography[edit]

The Cérou flows northwestward through the commune and crosses the town. Carmaux station has rail connections to Toulouse, Albi and Rodez.

Demographics[edit]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 849—    
1800 1,040+2.94%
1806 1,518+6.51%
1821 1,440−0.35%
1831 1,765+2.06%
1836 1,881+1.28%
1841 2,143+2.64%
1846 2,520+3.29%
1851 2,678+1.22%
1856 3,743+6.93%
1861 4,043+1.55%
1866 4,758+3.31%
1872 5,010+0.86%
1876 6,160+5.30%
1881 6,905+2.31%
1886 8,059+3.14%
1891 9,591+3.54%
1896 10,068+0.98%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 10,956+1.70%
1906 10,894−0.11%
1911 11,064+0.31%
1921 11,273+0.19%
1926 11,607+0.59%
1931 11,129−0.84%
1936 10,448−1.25%
1946 11,136+0.64%
1954 11,485+0.39%
1962 14,565+3.01%
1968 14,755+0.22%
1975 13,208−1.57%
1982 12,113−1.23%
1990 10,957−1.25%
1999 10,231−0.76%
2007 10,268+0.05%
2012 9,774−0.98%
2017 9,500−0.57%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

Famous residents[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 1 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Carmaux" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  4. ^ Monnié, A. (1929), "Le bassin houiller de Carmaux-Albi" (PDF), Annales de Géographie (in French), 38 (216): 581, doi:10.3406/geo.1929.9935, retrieved 2017-07-23[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Carmaux, EHESS (in French).
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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