Lacaune

Lacaune
Lacaune
Commune
	The fountain in Lacaune
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 43°42′34″N 2°41′35″E / 43.7094°N 2.6931°ECoordinates: 43°42′34″N 2°41′35″E / 43.7094°N 2.6931°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	Les Hautes Terres d'Oc
Intercommunality	Monts de Lacaune et Montagne du Haut Languedoc
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Robert Bousquet
Area 1	91.36 km2 (35.27 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	2,478
• Density	27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	81124 /81230
Elevation	598–1,274 m (1,962–4,180 ft) ; (avg. 800 m or 2,600 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lacaune (French pronunciation: [lakon]; Occitan: La Cauna, meaning the cave) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

Geography[]

The river Gijou has its source in the commune.

In 1797, the feral child Victor of Aveyron was looked after at Lacaune for a week after first being discovered in the woods, before running away.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.

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