MAZAMET

'Mazamet' is a town and commune of southwestern France, in the Tarn ''département'', 41 m. S.S.E. of Albi by rail. Population (1999) 10,544. It is the second-largest component of the Castres-Mazamet metropolitan area, the ''Communauté d'agglomération de Castres-Mazamet'', an urban area with a 1999 census population of 81,058 inhabitants.

Contents

Geography

Economy

People

Tour de France

See also

References

External links

Geography

Mazamet is situated on the northern slope of the Montagnes Noires and on the Arnette, a small sub-tributary of the Agout.

Economy

Mazamet is an industrial town. Numerous establishments are employed in wool-spinning and in the manufacture of swan-skins and flannels, and clothing for troops, and hosiery, and there are important tanneries and leather-dressing, glove and dye works. Extensive commerce is carried on in wool and raw hides from Argentina, Australia and Cape Colony.

People

★ Laurent Jalabert and his younger brother Nicolas Jalabert, both professionals in Road bicycle racing, were born here.

★ Marie Sirven, born in Mazamet in 1954

★ François Girbaud, born in Mazamet in 1945

★ Laurent Cabrol, born in Mazamet in 1947

★ Jean-Luc Sabatier, born in Mazamet in 1964

★ Gaston Tournier, born in Mazamet in 1890

★ Rémy Cazals, born in Mazamet

★ Pierre Baraillé - (1923-2005), mayor of Mazamet from 1953 to 1977, Conseiller Général du Tarn from 1954 to 1967

★ Michel Bourguignon - (1928 - 2002), mayor of Mazamet from 1991 to 2002, Conseiller Régional Midi-Pyrénées from 1992 to 1998, Président de la communauté d'agglomération Castre Mazamet from 2000 to 2002

★ Lucien Mias

Tour de France

Mazamet was the start for Stage 14 in the 2007 Tour de France.

See also

★ Castres-Mazamet Airport

References

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External links

★ Official website

★ Espace Apollo website of Mazamet Cultural centre

★ official website of the Greater Castres-Mazamet Council

★ personal site - in English and French