Lempaut

Lempaut
Commune
The Château de Padiès, in Lempaut
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 43°31′44″N 2°03′56″E / 43.5289°N 2.0656°E / 43.5289; 2.0656Coordinates: 43°31′44″N 2°03′56″E / 43.5289°N 2.0656°E / 43.5289; 2.0656
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	Le Pastel
Intercommunality	Lauragais-Revel-Sorezois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Éric Myrthe[1]
Area 1	14.18 km2 (5.47 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	884
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	81142 /81700
Elevation	170–245 m (558–804 ft) (avg. 179 m or 587 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

In Lempaut is the extraordinary Château de Padiès, a castle unique for its architecture, it looks like a Toulouse private mansion shipped to the countryside. It is a witness to the great periods of trade in pastel ( situated in the Lauragais), it has evolved over the centuries to a renaissance architectural style while still maintaining the aspect of its massive towers of defense. But the great particularity of the place, it's now becoming a place dedicated to promoting the arts in all their forms: painting, sculpture, music, cinema, photography.

See also[]

• Communes of the Tarn department
• Château de Padiès
• Visit the Château de Padiès at Lempaut
• CCiiff - Culture&Cultures international intercultural film festival hosted in Lempaut

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