Lautrec

Commune in Occitania, France

(2020–2026) Thierry Bardou^[1]Area54.64 km² (21.10 sq mi)Population1,694 • Density31/km² (80/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation165–360 m (541–1,181 ft)
(avg. 292 m or 958 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lautrec (French pronunciation: [lotʁɛk]; Occitan: Lautrèc) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

Demography

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,508	—
1975	1,316	−1.93%
1982	1,503	+1.92%
1990	1,527	+0.20%
1999	1,554	+0.19%
2007	1,706	+1.17%
2012	1,798	+1.06%
2017	1,783	−0.17%
Source: INSEE[3]

Remarkable sites

Lautrec is listed among "The Most Beautiful Villages of France" as well as a "Remarkable Site for Taste" thanks to its renowned pink garlic.^[4] Its remarkable sites include:

• the village itself, with its 14th century market square
• the Saint Remy collegiate church and its sumptuous marble retable
• the 17th century windmill, one of the few still working today in the South of France
• a clog workshop, recreated after the one that existed there until the early 1960s
• the Caussade Gate (13th century)
• the Salette calvary (altitude 328 m)
• the Roman road

See also

• Famous painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s family had roots in this village
• Communes of the Tarn department
• Tourism in Tarn

References