Blaye-les-Mines

Blaye-les-Mines
Blaye-les-Mines
Commune
	Former town hall of Blaye-les-Mines
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 44°01′54″N 2°07′57″E / 44.0317°N 2.1325°ECoordinates: 44°01′54″N 2°07′57″E / 44.0317°N 2.1325°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Albi
Canton	Carmaux-2 Vallée du Cérou
Intercommunality	Carmausin-Ségala
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-François Kowalik
Area 1	8.88 km2 (3.43 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	2,965
• Density	330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	81033 /81400
Elevation	241–344 m (791–1,129 ft) ; (avg. 339 m or 1,112 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Blaye-les-Mines (French pronunciation: [blaj le min]; Occitan: Blaia) is a commune in the Tarn department and Occitanie region of southern France.

The settlement grew up around the home of Gabriel de Solages (1711–1799), who founded the Compagnie minière de Carmaux and a glassworks at his château at Blaye.^[2]

References[]

^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ Monnié, A. (1929), "Le bassin houiller de Carmaux-Albi" (PDF), Annales de Géographie (in French), 38 (216): 581, doi:10.3406/geo.1929.9935, retrieved 2017-07-23^{[permanent dead link]}

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[1] "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.

[2] Monnié, A. (1929), "Le bassin houiller de Carmaux-Albi" (PDF), Annales de Géographie (in French), 38 (216): 581, doi:10.3406/geo.1929.9935, retrieved 2017-07-23^{[permanent dead link]}

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