Lavaur

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Lavaur

Total population

10,830

Coordinates43.70°, 1.82°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Lavaur is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Jacques Féréol Mazas

French musician (1782-1849)

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Georges Pontier

French priest and theologian

Joël Jutge

French rugby union player

Lucie Bouniol

French sculptor and painter (1896-1988)

Jean-Pierre Bel

French politician

Étienne de Voisins-Lavernière

French politician (1813-1898)

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Christian Rouch

rugby union player (1943-2019)

Daniel François de Gélas de Lautrec

French military personnel

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Gilles-Henri-Alexis Barthe

J

Jean-Pierre Poujade

J

Jean Carlus

French sculptor (1852-1930)

Jean Joseph Magdeleine Pijon

French general (1758–1799)

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Nabil Taïder

Tunisian, Algerian and French association football player

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Johan Dalla Riva

rugby union player

J

Joseph Bonsirven

Lucien Mengaud

French writer and felibre (1904-1877)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Occitanie

• Lacougotte-Cadoul
  4.1 mi away · pop. 180
• Saint-Lieux-lès-Lavaur
  5.4 mi away · pop. 1,195
• Teyssode
  7 mi away · pop. 381
• Puybegon
  7.5 mi away · pop. 646
• Algans
  8 mi away · pop. 203
• Peyrole
  8.4 mi away · pop. 569
• Damiatte
  8.6 mi away · pop. 1,054
• En Pons
  8.9 mi away · pop. 99
• Coufouleux
  9.2 mi away · pop. 3,001
• Busque
  9.2 mi away · pop. 722
• Mézens
  9.5 mi away · pop. 524
• Lisle-sur-Tarn
  10.6 mi away · pop. 4,775

Browse all places in Occitanie →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Lavaur

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

European Roller

Coracias garrulus

Seen 2026-09-24

Worm and Slug Hunters

Carabus

Seen 2026-09-16

Long-legged Tabby

Synaphe punctalis

Seen 2026-09-16

Isturgia murinaria

Isturgia murinaria

Seen 2026-09-16

Orange Swift

Triodia sylvina

Seen 2026-09-16

Common Carpet Moth

Epirrhoe alternata

Seen 2026-09-15

False Black Widow

Steatoda grossa

Seen 2026-09-12

Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Seen 2026-09-09

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-09

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers