Navès, Tarn

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

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 km2 (3.76 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	690
• Density	71/km2 (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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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