Rabastens

Not to be confused with Rabastens-de-Bigorre.
Rabastens

House on the River Tarn, in Rabastens

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Rabastens

Coordinates: 43°49′23″N 1°43′33″E / 43.8231°N 1.7258°E / 43.8231; 1.7258Coordinates: 43°49′23″N 1°43′33″E / 43.8231°N 1.7258°E / 43.8231; 1.7258
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Tarn
Arrondissement Albi
Canton Rabastens
Intercommunality Pays Rabastinois
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Alain Brest
Area1 66.29 km2 (25.59 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 4,875
  Density 74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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.

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

Rabastens 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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