Dept 81 Rank #30 / 96
Tarn
Occitanie · Nearest city: Albi → Toulouse (~45 min)
🚄 TGV
Sidobre granite boulders, Montagne Noire, Tarn river gorges
Why this score · reflects your priorities
Tarn offers strong sunshine, affordable property and dry comfortable weather, with little tourism and slightly elevated hazard exposure as its softer notes. Le Tarn offre un bel ensoleillement, un immobilier abordable et un climat sec et agréable, avec un tourisme discret et une exposition aux risques un peu élevée comme points faibles.
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Climate
Sunshine
2,192h/yr
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
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Sunny days
181/yr
days >50% sunlit
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Rain days
109/yr
Trend 2015-2025: about 1 fewer rain days each year.
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Annual rainfall
726mm/yr
total volume
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Heavy rain
5/yr
≥ 20 mm/day
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Torrential
0.2/yr
≥ 50 mm/day
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Hot days >30°
41/yr
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
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Winter mildness
6/10
2.6 °C avg Jan low
Trend 2015-2025: January warming 0.3 °C per year.
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Wind
2.8m/s
annual mean
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
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Muggy days
7/yr
TG≥22°C & HU≥70%
Trend 2015-2025: about 1 more muggy days each year.
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Avg max temperature · °C
6
J
8
F
12
M
15
A
19
M
24
J
27
J
27
A
22
S
16
O
10
N
7
D
2050 outlook TRACC +2.7°C · vs 1976-2005
Hot days ≥35°C ~+7 days · +4 so far
Tropical nights ~+22 nights · +5 so far
Frost days ~-18 days · -12 so far
Dry-soil days ~+30 days
Landscape
Landscape score
5/10
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Max elevation
1,267m
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Forest cover
30%
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Characteristics
🌾 Rural
Sidobre granite boulders, Montagne Noire, Tarn river gorges
Identity
Tarn is the birthplace of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (artiste peintre).
Notable figures born here
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec — artiste peintreJean Jaurès — historienGérald Passi — footballeurJean-de-Dieu Soult — ducPhilippe Pinel — médecinÉmile Combes — médecinSaphir Taïder — footballeurLaurent Jalabert — consultant sportifRoger Peyrefitte — écrivainClaude Puel — footballeur
Terroir & appellations
Tarn lies within protected appellation areas, including Roquefort, Gaillac blanc, Gaillac.
RoquefortGaillac blancGaillacChâtaigne des CévennesPélardonGaillac premières côtesJambon de LacauneSaucisson et saucisse sèche de LacauneAil rose de LautrecVolailles du LauragaisPérailAgneau de l'Aveyron
Distinctions
Plus Beaux Détours de France (1)
- Maurice de Guérin
- Henri-Dominique Lacordaire
- Jardin du Palais de la Berbie
- Parc de la Rochegude
- Jardin des Martels
- Jardin de l'évêché
- +1 more
Station classée de tourisme (7)
Risks
Safety score
9/10
Flood risk
High
% communes flood-exposed (GASPAR union)
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Fire risk
High
Copernicus FWI · fire-weather index
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Seismic exposure
Very low
% in a seismic zone (most of France is)
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Major risks present
Share of the department's communes listing each risk category
Ground movement Very high 100% p90 of 96
Severe weather Very high 100% p90 of 96
Hazardous-materials transport Very high 100% p92 of 96
Flooding Very high 85.4% p78 of 96
Wildfire Low 39.8% p72 of 96
Dam failure Low 29.3% p89 of 96
Subsidence & cavities Very low 2.2% p24 of 96
Industrial hazard Very low 1.3% p24 of 96
Transport
Transport
8/10
4.5 h to Paris · TGV + closeness
TGV access
Yes
Direct TGV station
Highways
1
A68
Work locally
36.2%
work in own commune
Nearest hubs
🏙 Nearest city
Albi → Toulouse (~45 min)
✈ Airport
Castres Mazamet Airport (DCM) · ~27 km
🚄 To Paris via TGV
4.5h direct
🛣 Highways
A68
Services
Healthcare
5/10
APL 3.3
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Schools
6/10
Brevet 87%
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Fiber coverage
98%
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Intl schools
0schools
None in department
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People
Population
391,173
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Density
68/km²
Mixed
-16% vs median 81
32 387
Pop trend
+0.4%/yr
+0.2 pts vs median · p61
Median income
$24,700
standard of living · $/yr
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Poverty rate
15.7%
below 60% of median living standard
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Unemployment
11.9%
active population out of work
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Tourism
1 bed per 68 residents
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Age distribution · % of population
0-14
17%
15-24
12%
25-39
13%
40-54
14%
55-69
19%
70+
25%
Office professionals
13.6%
cadres · engineers, managers, professionals
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Remote work
5.1%
télétravail · works without commuting
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Socio-professional mix · % of occupied workers
Office
Managers & professionals
13.6%
At-home trades
Farmers
2.8%
Artisans & shopkeepers
8.8%
On-site · services, health, teaching, manual
Intermediate professions incl. nurses, teachers
27.2%
Clerical & service staff
28%
Manual workers
19.5%
Real estate
Median
$1,630/m²
$730 $2,960
House $1,610 Apt $2,000
-1.1%/yr 2023–25
Median surface
—m²
Taxe foncière
60.57%
typical commune rate · TFPB
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Price distribution across communes · $/m²
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