Navès, Tarn
Appearance
Navès | |
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Coordinates: 43°34′01″N 2°13′28″E / 43.5669°N 2.2244°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Tarn |
Arrondissement | Castres |
Canton | Castres-3 |
Intercommunality | CA Castres Mazamet |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Pierre Calmels[1] |
Area 1 | 9.75 km2 (3.76 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 689 |
• Density | 71/km2 (180/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 81195 /81710 |
Elevation | 158–286 m (518–938 ft) (avg. 176 m or 577 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Navès (French pronunciation: [navɛs]; Occitan: Navés) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.
Geography
[edit]The Thoré forms most of the commune's north-eastern border, then flows into the Agout, which forms part of its northern border.
Historic sites
[edit]- Château de Montespieu, restored castle, listed as a monument historique in 1992.[3]
- Château de Navès (residence of Georges Prêtre)
- The manoir de Gaillard and its classified dovecote
- Tour de Navès, fortified 16th century tower, listed as a monument historique in 1995.[4]
- Church of Saint John the Baptiste
Notable people
[edit]- Georges Prêtre (1924 – 2017), orchestral and opera conductor, had a home in Navès.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ Base Mérimée: PA00095675, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) "Château de Montespieu". Retrieved 14 October 2022
- ^ Base Mérimée: PA00135479, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) "Tour de Navès". Retrieved 15 October 2022
- ^ Marie-Aude Roux (4 January 2017). "Georges Prêtre, le plus viennois des chefs d'orchestre, est mort" [Georges Prêtre, the most Viennese of orchestra conductors, has died]. Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 15 October 2022.
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