Tarn (Department, France)

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Flag of Tarn - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 28 October 2024

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• Flag of the former General Council
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• Intermunicipal authorities

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• France: Metropolitan departments
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Administrative data

Code: 81
Region: Occitanie (Midi-Pyrénées until 2014)
Traditional province: Languedoc
Bordering departments: Aude, Aveyron, Haute-Garonne, Hérault, Tarn-et-Garonne

Area: 5,758 km²
Population (2017): 387,890 inhabitants

Préfecture: Albi
Sous-préfecture: Castres
Subdivisions: 2 arrondissements, 23 cantons, 319 municipalities.

The department is named after river Tarn (375 km), tributary of the Garonne.

Ivan Sache, 14 November 2019

Flag of Tarn

The current logo was adopted in december 2018 (date of the graphical charter [source: official website]).
A flag, orange with the new logo, is in use. It can be observed in front of the seat of the departmental council: photo (2020) and inside: photo (unknown date) photo (2022), photo (2024).

Olivier Touzeau, 28 October 2024

Flag of the former General Council

Flags of the former General Council of Tarn - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 28 October 2024

I have found an example of a flag with the logo before 2015 (Conseil général): 2 versions observed at the same place, horizontal 2:3 (photo, 2011) and vertical 3:2 (photo, unknown date).

The 2015-2018 logo was a modernized version of the previous one, with the words "Le département" (after the transformation of Genera; councils into Departmental councils). A kakemono with the logo (2015-18) could be seen with the French flag in front of the seat of the departmental council (photo).

Olivier Touzeau, 28 October 2024