Castres

Castres Castras (Occitan)
Subprefecture and commune
Houses by the Agout
Coat of arms
Location of Castres
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Coordinates: 43°36′00″N 2°15′00″E / 43.6000°N 2.2500°E / 43.6000; 2.2500
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	Castres-1, 2 and 3
Intercommunality	CA Castres Mazamet
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Bugis[1] (DVD)
Area 1	98.17 km2 (37.90 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	42,672
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Demonym	Castrais
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	81065 /81100
Elevation	151–367 m (495–1,204 ft) (avg. 170 m or 560 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Castres (French: [kastʁ] ^ⓘ; Castras in the Languedocian dialect of Occitan) is the sole subprefecture of the Tarn department in the Occitanie region in Southern France. It lies in the former province of Languedoc, although not in the former region of Languedoc-Roussillon. In 2018, the commune had a population of 41,795.

Castres is the fourth-largest industrial centre of the predominantly rural former Midi-Pyrénées region after Toulouse, Tarbes and Albi, as well as the largest in the part of Languedoc lying between Toulouse and Montpellier. It is noted for being the birthplace of the famous socialist leader Jean Jaurès (1859–1914) and home to the important Goya Museum of Spanish painting.^[3]