Tarn-et-Garonne

Tarn-et-Garonne
Tarn-et-Garonne
	Depairtment
	Prefectur biggin o the Tarn-et-Garonne depairtment, in Montauban
	Coat airms
	Location o Tarn-et-Garonne in Fraunce
	Coordinates: 44°00′N 01°20′E / 44.000°N 1.333°E
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Midi-Pyrénées
Prefectur	Montauban
Subprefecturs	Castelsarrasin
Govrenment
• Preses o the General Cooncil	Jean-Michel Baylet
Area
• Total	3718 km2 (1,436 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	226,849
• Rank	85t
• Density	61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number	82
Arrondissements	2
Cantons	30
Communes	195
	^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Tarn-et-Garonne (French pronunciation: [taʁn‿e ɡa.ʁɔn]) is a depairtment in the soothwast o Fraunce. It is traversed bi the Rivers Tarn an Garonne, frae which it taks its name.

History[eedit | eedit soorce]

The depairtment wis creatit on 4 November 1808 durin the First French Empire bi a decision o Napoleon I. It was formit oot o territories belangin tae neebourin auries. Mair nor hauf o the territory wis taken frae the Lot (includin Montauban an Moissac), ower ane-third wis taken frae Haute-Garonne (includin Castelsarrasin), an the rest frae the depairtments o Lot-et-Garonne, Gers, an Aveyron.

Tarn-et-Garonne constitutes pairt o the Midi-Pyrénées region. It borders the depairtments o Lot, Aveyron, Tarn, Haute-Garonne, Gers, an Lot-et-Garonne.

The heichest point in the depairtment, at 510 m, is the Pech Maurel, situatit in the commune o Castanet.