Blaye-les-Mines

Blaye-les-Mines
Commune
Former town hall of Blaye-les-Mines
Coat of arms
Location of Blaye-les-Mines
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Coordinates: 44°01′54″N 2°07′57″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Albi
Canton	Carmaux-2 Vallée du Cérou
Intercommunality	Carmausin-Ségala
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-François Kowalik[1]
Area ^1	8.88 km^2 (3.43 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,920
• Density	330/km^2 (850/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	81033 /81400
Elevation	241–344 m (791–1,129 ft) (avg. 339 m or 1,112 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Blaye-les-Mines (French pronunciation: [blaj le min]; Occitan: Blaia) is a commune in the Tarn department and Occitanie region of southern France.

The settlement grew up around the home of Gabriel de Solages (1711–1799), who founded the Compagnie minière de Carmaux and a glassworks at his château at Blaye.[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,526	—
1975	4,563	−2.70%
1982	3,919	−2.15%
1990	3,227	−2.40%
1999	2,944	−1.01%
2007	3,063	+0.50%
2012	3,061	−0.01%
2017	2,987	−0.49%
Source: INSEE[4]

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 de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Monnié, A. (1929), "Le bassin houiller de Carmaux-Albi" (PDF), Annales de Géographie (in French), 38 (216): 581, doi:10.3406/geo.1929.9935, retrieved 2017-07-23^[permanent dead link‍]
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE