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.

Famous people

Castres is the hometown of famous socialist politician and newspaper publisher Jean Jaurès (1859-1914), who was murdered in Paris the day before the start of the First World War.

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Socialist - Jean Jaurès - Paris - First World War

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World famous mathematician Pierre de Fermat died in Castres in 1665, while attending a session of the Chambre de l'Édit there.

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French writer Roger Peyrefitte was born into a wealthy family of Castres in 1907. He is best known for his book Les amitiés particulières (1944) (translated into English as Secret Friendships), in which he deals with his homosexual awakening as a young man.

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Roger Peyrefitte - Les amitiés particulières - 1944

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