Teyssode

Teyssode
Teyssode
Commune
	Teyssode and its surroundings
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	Coordinates: 43°39′02″N 1°56′08″E / 43.6506°N 1.9356°ECoordinates: 43°39′02″N 1°56′08″E / 43.6506°N 1.9356°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	Plaine de l'Agoût
Intercommunality	Lautrécois-Pays d'Agout
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Daniel Castagne
Area 1	22.88 km2 (8.83 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	372
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	81299 /81220
Elevation	127–327 m (417–1,073 ft) ; (avg. 288 m or 945 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Teyssode (Languedocien: Teissòde) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

Geography[]

Teyssode is located south-east of Lavaur, the main town nearby.

Map of Teyssode

The name of Teyssode is of gallo-romance origin, from the word taxo meaning badger.^[2]

Teyssode is located on a former Roman oppidum.

In 1824, Teyssode absorbed the neighbouring commune of Saint-Germier.

^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ Teyssode Archived 2012-01-27 at the Wayback Machine on the website of the Intercommunality of the Pays d'Agout

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