Rabastens

Not to be confused with Rabastens-de-Bigorre.

Rabastens
Commune
Rabastens on the River Tarn
Coat of arms
Location of Rabastens
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Coordinates: 43°49′23″N 1°43′33″E / 43.8231°N 1.7258°E / 43.8231; 1.7258
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Albi
Canton	Vignobles et Bastides
Intercommunality	CA Gaillac-Graulhet
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nicolas Géraud[1]
Area ^1	66.29 km^2 (25.59 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	5,867
• Density	88.51/km^2 (229.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	81220 /81800
Elevation	95–252 m (312–827 ft) (avg. 117 m or 384 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rabastens (French pronunciation: [ʁabastɛ̃s]) is a commune in the southern French department of Tarn. The historian Gustave de Clausade (1815–1888) was born in Rabastens of which he became mayor in 1848.

On 23 July 1570, during the French Wars of Religion, the troops of Blaise de Montluc took the town and massacred most of the Protestant garrison.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,307	—
1975	4,182	−0.42%
1982	3,806	−1.34%
1990	3,825	+0.06%
1999	4,176	+0.98%
2007	4,819	+1.81%
2012	5,187	+1.48%
2017	5,620	+1.62%
Source: INSEE[4]

Transport

Rabastens-Couffouleux station has rail connections to Toulouse, Albi and Rodez.

See also

• Communes of the Tarn department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
3. "Blaise de Monluc". Warfare History Network. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE