Castres in Occitania
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Castres (Castras in the
Languedocian dialect of
Occitan ) is the sole
subprefecture of the
Tarn department in the
Occitanie region in
Southern France . It lies in the former
province of
Languedoc , although not in the former region of
Languedoc-Roussillon . In 2018, the
commune had a population of 41,795.
Castres is the fourth-largest industrial centre of the predominantly rural former Midi-Pyrénées region after Toulouse , Tarbes and Albi , as well as the largest in the part of Languedoc lying between Toulouse and Montpellier . It is noted for being the birthplace of the famous socialist leader Jean Jaurès (1859–1914) and home to the important Goya Museum of Spanish painting .
Castres Cathedral © Camster2/cc-by-sa-3.0
The principal industries are mechanical and electrical engineering, machine tools, wooden furniture, granite, textile, fur and leather-dressing, tanning, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and selective breeding of cows. Castres is the only French city of this size that isn’t connected to the motorway.
Traditional and polluting industries such as textile, tanning, fur and leather-dressing, or chemicals, are in sharp decline. However, a multinational pharmaceutical group (
Pierre Fabre Group ) emerged in the town in the 1960s, and it has kept its headquarters and R&D division in the metropolitan area, helping to counterbalance the general decline in industry. Some now accuse its founder and president, Pierre Fabre, of being the real “master” of Castres, making and designating Castres’ mayors at will.
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