Rabastens | |
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 Rabastens on the River Tarn | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Rabastens  | |
  Rabastens  Rabastens | |
| Coordinates: 43°49′23″N 1°43′33″E / 43.8231°N 1.7258°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. | |
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]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Blaise de Monluc". Warfare History Network. Retrieved 2023-07-17.