Lautrec

Lautrec
Lautrec
Commune
	A general view of Lautrec
	Coat of arms
	Location of Lautrec
	Lautrec Lautrec
	Coordinates: 43°42′25″N 2°08′23″E / 43.7069°N 2.1397°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	Plaine de l'Agoût
Intercommunality	Lautrécois-Pays d'Agout
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Bardou
Area 1	54.64 km2 (21.10 sq mi)
Population (2021)	1,694
• Density	31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	81139 /81440
Elevation	165–360 m (541–1,181 ft) ; (avg. 292 m or 958 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lautrec (French pronunciation: [lotʁɛk]; Occitan: Lautrèc) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

Demography

Lautrec is listed among "The Most Beautiful Villages of France" as well as a "Remarkable Site for Taste" thanks to its renowned pink garlic.^[4] Its remarkable sites include:

the village itself, with its 14th century market square
the Saint Remy collegiate church and its sumptuous marble retable
the 17th century windmill, one of the few still working today in the South of France
a clog workshop, recreated after the one that existed there until the early 1960s
the Caussade Gate (13th century)
the Salette calvary (altitude 328 m)
the Roman road