Navès, Tarn

Navès
Commune
Château de Montespieu
Coat of arms
Location of Navès
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Coordinates: 43°34′01″N 2°13′28″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	Castres-3
Intercommunality	CA Castres Mazamet
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Calmels[1]
Area ^1	9.75 km^2 (3.76 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	689
• Density	71/km^2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	81195 /81710
Elevation	158–286 m (518–938 ft) (avg. 176 m or 577 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Navès (French pronunciation: [navɛs]; Occitan: Navés) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

Geography

The Thoré forms most of the commune's north-eastern border, then flows into the Agout, which forms part of its northern border.

Historic sites

• Château de Montespieu, restored castle, listed as a monument historique in 1992.^[3]
• Château de Navès (residence of Georges Prêtre)
• The manoir de Gaillard and its classified dovecote
• Tour de Navès, fortified 16th century tower, listed as a monument historique in 1995.^[4]
• Church of Saint John the Baptiste

Notable people

• Georges Prêtre (1924 – 2017), orchestral and opera conductor, had a home in Navès.^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Tarn department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Base Mérimée: PA00095675, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) "Château de Montespieu". Retrieved 14 October 2022
4. Base Mérimée: PA00135479, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) "Tour de Navès". Retrieved 15 October 2022
5. Marie-Aude Roux (4 January 2017). "Georges Prêtre, le plus viennois des chefs d'orchestre, est mort" [Georges Prêtre, the most Viennese of orchestra conductors, has died]. Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 15 October 2022.