Rabastens

Commune in Occitania, France

(2020–2026) Nicolas Géraud^[1]Area66.29 km² (25.59 sq mi)Population5,775 • Density87/km² (230/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation95–252 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.

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.

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]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,307	—
1975	4,182	−0.42%
1982	3,806	−1.34%
1990	3,825	+0.06%
1999	4,176	+0.98%
2007	4,819	+1.81%
2012	5,187	+1.48%
2017	5,620	+1.62%
Source: INSEE[4]

Transport

Rabastens-Couffouleux station has rail connections to Toulouse, Albi and Rodez.

See also

• Communes of the Tarn department

References