Carmaux

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Carmaux

(2021–2026) Jean-Louis Bousquet^[1]Area

14.16 km² (5.47 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

9,898 • Density700/km² (1,800/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

81060 /81400

Elevation228–340 m (748–1,115 ft)
(avg. 235 m or 771 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Carmaux (French pronunciation: [kaʁmo]; Occitan: Carmauç) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.^[3]

Industries

The Compagnie minière de Carmaux has its origins in a coal mining concession granted in 1852 to Gabriel de Solages, which became the Compagnie minière de Carmaux. He also founded a glass bottle factory, fueled by the coal.^[4] Carmaux was famous for its industries of coal mining (from the thirteenth century to 2000) and its glassworks (from the eighteenth century to 1931).

Geography

The Cérou flows northwestward through the commune and crosses the town. Carmaux station has rail connections to Toulouse, Albi and Rodez.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	849	—
1800	1,040	+2.94%
1806	1,518	+6.51%
1821	1,440	−0.35%
1831	1,765	+2.06%
1836	1,881	+1.28%
1841	2,143	+2.64%
1846	2,520	+3.29%
1851	2,678	+1.22%
1856	3,743	+6.93%
1861	4,043	+1.55%
1866	4,758	+3.31%
1872	5,010	+0.86%
1876	6,160	+5.30%
1881	6,905	+2.31%
1886	8,059	+3.14%
1891	9,591	+3.54%
1896	10,068	+0.98%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	10,956	+1.70%
1906	10,894	−0.11%
1911	11,064	+0.31%
1921	11,273	+0.19%
1926	11,607	+0.59%
1931	11,129	−0.84%
1936	10,448	−1.25%
1946	11,136	+0.64%
1954	11,485	+0.39%
1962	14,565	+3.01%
1968	14,755	+0.22%
1975	13,208	−1.57%
1982	12,113	−1.23%
1990	10,957	−1.25%
1999	10,231	−0.76%
2007	10,268	+0.05%
2012	9,774	−0.98%
2017	9,500	−0.57%

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Source: EHESS^[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[6]

Famous residents

Bernard Lazare: journalist
Jean Jaurès: politician
Jack Cantoni: France Rugby Union International 1970–4

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 1 February 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Carmaux" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
^ Monnié, A. (1929), "Le bassin houiller de Carmaux-Albi" (PDF), Annales de Géographie (in French), 38 (216): 581, doi:10.3406/geo.1929.9935, retrieved 2017-07-23^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Carmaux, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE