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Massals

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Total population

113

Air quality index

36Good
Elevation527 m
Land area16.3 km²
Coordinates43.85°, 2.52°

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City facts

Elevation
527 m
Area
16.3 km²

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

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

Read more on Wikipedia

History & geography

Geography

Latitude
43.8515
Longitude
2.5237
Water area
—
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
36
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
9.8
PM10 (µg/m³)
16.1
Ozone (µg/m³)
68
NO₂ (µg/m³)
2.4

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
26,745
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Common Pipistrelle
    Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774) · Mammalia
    1,502
  • Lesser noctule
    Nyctalus leisleri (Kuhl, 1817) · Mammalia
    610
  • Common Buzzard
    Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    548
  • Eurasian Blackbird
    Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    488
  • Great Tit
    Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    423
  • Common Chaffinch
    Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    418
  • European Robin
    Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    385
  • Eurasian Blackcap
    Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    357

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
20
Largest magnitude
3.7
Largest event
2002-02-18

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

G
Geraldo Verdier
French priest and theologian (1937-2017)
Hippolyte Coste
Hippolyte Coste
French botanist (1858-1924)
Abel Deval
Abel Deval
French actor
J
Jean Benoît de Porcellets
French soldier
Joseph Henri Esquirol
Joseph Henri Esquirol
P
Pierre Moutou
French politician
F
Ferdinand Roques
French politician
P
Pierre Bernard
French politician in Tarn (1934-2020)
J
Jacques Jean Constant-Saint-Estève
French politician
B
Baptiste Julien Ferrieu
J
Jean-Louis Alibert
Occitan writer
H
Henri Fournier
French priest and writer (1907-1972)
M
Maria de Riucròs
Occitan writer (born 1925)

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

Nearby places in Occitanie

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.89
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,421

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
20
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

hedge woundwort
hedge woundwort
Stachys sylvatica
Seen 2026-06-18
common heather
common heather
Calluna vulgaris
Seen 2026-06-18
Common vervain
Common vervain
Verbena officinalis
Seen 2026-06-18
Eurasian Otter
Eurasian Otter
Lutra lutra
Seen 2026-06-05
Spotted Fritillary
Spotted Fritillary
Melitaea didyma
Seen 2026-06-05
Holly Blue
Holly Blue
Celastrina argiolus
Seen 2026-06-05
Daffodil Leaf-beetle
Daffodil Leaf-beetle
Exosoma lusitanicum
Seen 2026-05-20
Rustyback
Rustyback
Asplenium ceterach
Seen 2026-05-16
maidenhair spleenwort
maidenhair spleenwort
Asplenium trichomanes
Seen 2026-05-16

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

Events

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Massals, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

STS127-E-11576 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.6 miISS054-E-46824 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.6 miISS054-E-46823 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.6 miISS062-E-38005 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.6 miISS062-E-38004 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.6 miISS038-E-44281 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.6 miISS038-E-44282 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.6 miISS065-E-421736 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.6 miISS065-E-421737 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.6 miISS065-E-424736 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.6 miISS065-E-424737 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.6 miSTS122-E-7122 - View of France — Massals, France3.7 miSTS122-E-12087 - View of England — Massals, France3.7 miISS053-E-104615 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.7 miISS053-E-104616 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.7 miISS053-E-105762 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.7 miISS053-E-105761 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.7 miISS054-E-46822 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.7 miISS054-E-46821 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.7 miISS021-E-17027 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.7 miISS022-E-56813 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.7 miISS065-E-179063 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.7 miISS065-E-179064 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.7 miISS065-E-180469 - View of Earth — Massals, France3.7 mi

Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.

Official Identifiers

INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics

INSEE code
81161
Department
81
Region
76
Population (Wikidata)
113

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Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikimedia Commons
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • iNaturalist
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
  • • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr