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Saint-Amans-Soult

Saint-Amans-Soult
Commune
The tower of the church in Saint-Amans-Soult
The tower of the church in Saint-Amans-Soult
Coat of arms of Saint-Amans-Soult
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Amans-Soult
Map
Saint-Amans-Soult is located in France
Saint-Amans-Soult
Saint-Amans-Soult
Saint-Amans-Soult is located in Occitanie
Saint-Amans-Soult
Saint-Amans-Soult
Coordinates: 43°28′40″N 2°29′26″E / 43.4778°N 2.4906°E / 43.4778; 2.4906
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentTarn
ArrondissementCastres
CantonMazamet-2 Vallée du Thoré
IntercommunalityCA Castres Mazamet
Government
 • Mayor (2024–2026) Jérôme Cros[1]
Area
1
24.87 km2 (9.60 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,501
 • Density60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
81238 /81240
Elevation239–1,172 m (784–3,845 ft)
(avg. 269 m or 883 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Amans-Soult (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿amɑ̃ sult]; Languedocien: Sant Amanç de Solt) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

The commune was formerly called Saint-Amans-la-Bastide. It was renamed in 1851, after Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult, who was born there in 1769. Marshal-General Soult, under the Emperor Napoleon, was later named as Duke of Dalmatia, and following the Emperor's permanent exile to St. Helena, enjoyed a long and fruitful career as a politician and diplomant under several early 19th century royalist and republican regimes in France. His son, Napoleon H. de Soult, arranged for the posthumous publication of his father's Memoires after 1851.

Geography

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The Thoré forms the commune's northern border.

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
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