Country France Communes 169 Area 2,732 km² Commune 169 | Region Occitanie Prefecture Albi Department Tarn | |
 | ||
The arrondissement of Albi is an arrondissement of France in the Tarn department in the Occitanie region. Its INSEE code is 811 and its capital city is Albi.
Contents
It is the northernmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 2,731.7 km2 (1,055 sq mi), the largest in area of the department. It has 186,515 inhabitants and a population density of 68.3 inhabitants/km².
The main cities, with more than 5,000 inhabitants in 2012, in the arrondissement are Albi (49,231 inhabitants), Gaillac (13,820 inhabitants), Carmaux (9,774 inhabitants), Saint-Juéry (6,715 inhabitants) and Rabastens (5,187 inhabitants).
History
When the arrondissements were created in 1800, Albi was one of them in the Tarn department.
Geography
The arrondissement of Albi is bordered to the north by the Tarn-et-Garonne (Midi-Pyrénées) department, to the west by the Aveyron (Midi-Pyrénées) department, to the south by the arrondissement of Castres and to the south by the Haute-Garonne (Midi-Pyrénées) department.
Cantons
The cantons of the arrondissement of Albi are:
Communes
The communes of the arrondissement of Albi, and their INSEE codes, are: