Carmaux (; ) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern

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Industries

The Compagnie minière de Carmaux has its origins in a coal mining concession granted in 1852 to

Gabriel de Solages Gabriel de Solages (19 August 1711 – 28 July 1799) was a French soldier and industrialist. After serving in Italy, Germany and Bohemia he began exploiting coal mines on the family property near Carmaux in the Tarn (department), Tarn department of ...

, which became the Compagnie minière de Carmaux. He also founded a glass bottle factory, fueled by the coal. Carmaux was famous for its industries of

coal mining Coal mining is the process of resource extraction, extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its Energy value of coal, energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to Electricity generation, generate electr ...

(from the thirteenth century to 2000) and its

glassworks Glass production involves two main methods – the float glass process that produces sheet glass, and glassblowing that produces bottles and other containers. It has been done in a variety of ways during the history of glass. Glass container p ...

(from the eighteenth century to 1931).

Geography

The

Cérou The Cérou () is an long river in the Aveyron and Tarn (department), Tarn departments in southern France. Its source is at Saint-Jean-Delnous, northwest of the village. It flows generally west-northwest. It is a left tributary of the Aveyron (ri ...

flows northwestward through the commune and crosses the town.

Carmaux station Carmaux is a railway station in Carmaux, Occitanie, France. The station opened in 1906. Located on the Toulouse to Rodez railway line, the station is served by Intercités de nuit (night train) and TER Ter or TER may refer to: Places * River ...

has rail connections to Toulouse, Albi and Rodez.

Demographics

Famous residents

Bernard Lazare Bernard Lazare (; 14 June 1865, Nîmes – 1 September 1903, Paris) was a French literary critic, political journalist, polemicist, and anarchist. He is known as the first Dreyfusard. Life He was born Lazare Marcus Manassé Bernard (he later s ...

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Jean Jaurès Auguste Marie Joseph Jean Léon Jaurès (3 September 185931 July 1914), commonly referred to as Jean Jaurès (; ), was a French socialist leader. Initially a Moderate Republican, he later became a social democrat and one of the first possibi ...

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

Jack Cantoni Jack Cantoni (11 May 1948 – 25 June 2013) was a French international rugby union player. Cantoni was born in Carmaux, France, he is the son of the rugby league footballer; Vincent Cantoni. Cantoni played as a Fullback or Wing for AS B� ...

: France Rugby Union International 1970–4 *

Thomas Portes Thomas Portes (born 18 November 1985) is a French politician of La France Insoumise who has been representing Seine-Saint-Denis's 3rd constituency in the National Assembly since 2022. In the 2022 French legislative election he unseated En March ...

, politician

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