| Tarn-et-Garonne | |
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| Coat of arms of the Tarn-et-Garonne department | |
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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 82 |
| Region: | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Prefecture: | Montauban |
| Subprefectures: | Castelsarrasin |
| Arrondissements: | 2 |
| Cantons: | 30 |
| Communes: | 195 |
| President of the General Council: | Jean-Michel Baylet |
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| Population | Ranked 86th |
| -1999 | 206,034 |
| Population density: | 55/km² |
| Land area¹: | 3718 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
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Tarn-et-Garonne is a French department in the southwest of France.
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History
The department was created on November 4, 1808 during the First French Empire by a decision of Napoleon I. It was formed out of territories belonging to neighboring areas. More than half of the territory was taken from the Lot (including Montauban and Moissac), over one-third was taken from Haute-Garonne (including Castelsarrasin), and the rest from the department of Lot-et-Garonne, Gers, and Aveyron.
Geography
The department of Tarn-et-Garonne constitutes part of the Midi-Pyrénées region. It borders the department of Lot, Aveyron, Tarn, Haute-Garonne, Gers, and Lot-et-Garonne.
See also
- Cantons of the Tarn-et-Garonne department
- Communes of the Tarn-et-Garonne department
- Arrondissements of the Tarn-et-Garonne department
