Castres

Castres (Castras in Occitan) is a town and commune of Languedoc in south-western France. It is the capital of an arrondissement in the départment of Tarn, itself in the région of Midi-Pyrénées.

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Occitan - Commune - Languedoc - France - Arrondissement - Départment - Tarn - Région - Midi-Pyrénées

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With a population of 61,760 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 1999, Castres is the third-largest industrial centre of Midi-Pyrénées (a predominantly rural région) after Toulouse and Tarbes, and the largest industrial centre in the part of Languedoc between Toulouse and Montpellier.

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Toulouse - Tarbes - Montpellier

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Castres is best known as the home of famous socialist leader Jean Jaurès, as well as for its major Goya Museum of Spanish paintings.

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Socialist - Jean Jaurès - Goya

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