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Rabastens
Commune in Occitania, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Rabastens-de-Bigorre.
Rabastens (French pronunciation: [ʁabastɛ̃s]) 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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Rabastens | |
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![]() Rabastens on the River Tarn | |
Coordinates: 43°49′23″N 1°43′33″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Tarn |
Arrondissement | Albi |
Canton | Vignobles et Bastides |
Intercommunality | CA Gaillac-Graulhet |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Nicolas Géraud[1] |
Area 1 | 66.29 km2 (25.59 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 5,775 |
• Density | 87/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
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. |
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On 23 July 1570, during the French Wars of Religion, the troops of Blaise de Montluc took the town and massacred most of the Protestant garrison.[3]