Lavaur, Tarn

Lavaur was taken in 1211 by Simon de Montfort during the wars of the Albigenses, a monument marking the site where Dame Giraude de Laurac (Lady of Lavaur) was killed,{{cite web |url=http://www.gite-piquetalen.fr/local.html |title=The Local Area around ourTarn Gite close to: Lavaur, Toulouse, Castres, Albi, Gaillac, Nalanda Buddhist Monastery, Vajrayogini Buddhist Institute, Cordes-sur-Ciel |access-date=2010-04-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301081950/http://www.gite-piquetalen.fr/local.html |archive-date=2010-03-01 }} being thrown down a well and stoned to death.{{cite web|url=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/fr-lr.html|title=Languedoc (Traditional province, France)|website=www.crwflags.com|access-date=13 April 2018}} The town was also taken several times during the religious wars of the 16th century.

Lavaur stands on the left bank of the Agout, which is here crossed by a railway-bridge and a fine stone bridge of the 1770s.{{Base Mérimée|IA81000322|Pont Saint-Roch}} It lies 36 km southwest of Albi and 32 km east of Toulouse.

{{Historical populations

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|1968 |7665

|1975 |7897

|1982 |7972

|1990 |8148

|1999 |8537

|2007 |10036

|2012 |10242

|2017 |10811

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Image:(Lavaur) Cathédrale Saint-Alain - Exposition Nord-Ouest.jpg

• From 1317 till the French Revolution Lavaur was the seat of a bishopric; Lavaur Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Alan, was built for this purpose, dating from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries, with an octagonal bell-tower. A second, smaller square tower contains a jaquemart (a statue which strikes the hours with a hammer) of the 16th century. In the bishops garden is the statue of Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, one of the companions of Napoleon at Saint Helena. Historical monument since 1911.
• Church of Saint-François. (XIV c.). Historical monument since 1996.
• Tower of Rounds. (XIII c.) Historical monument since 1971.
• Viaduc de Lavaur. 1884. Engineer Paul Séjourné.
• Pont de Lavaur. Stone masonry road bridge over the Agout. Built between 1773 and 1791. Designed for the Estates of Languedoc by Joseph-Marie de Saget, known as De Saget elder.

The town carries on distilling and flour-milling and the manufacture of brushes, plaster and wooden shoes.

• Pierre Fabre, founder of Laboratoires Pierre Fabre{{cite news|title=Pierre Fabre, founder of pharmaceutical giant, dies |url=http://www.france24.com/en/20130720-pierre-fabre-founder-pharmaceutical-giant-dies |work=Agence France Presse |publisher=France 24 |date=2013-07-20 |access-date=2013-08-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723023852/http://www.france24.com/en/20130720-pierre-fabre-founder-pharmaceutical-giant-dies |archive-date=2013-07-23 }}
• Étienne de Voisins-Lavernière (1813–1898), French deputy and then senator for Tarn

There is a subprefecture and a tribunal of first instance (a lower Court of Justice).

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|location = Lavaur, Tarn (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1985–present)

|Jan record high C = 19.9

|Feb record high C = 23.9

|Mar record high C = 26.8

|Apr record high C = 30.1

|May record high C = 35.5

|Jun record high C = 40.4

|Jul record high C = 39.9

|Aug record high C = 42.6

|Sep record high C = 36.9

|Oct record high C = 35.3

|Nov record high C = 25.3

|Dec record high C = 20.7

|Jan record low C = -18.0

|Feb record low C = -13.1

|Mar record low C = -10.3

|Apr record low C = -3.7

|May record low C = -0.6

|Jun record low C = 3.5

|Jul record low C = 7.1

|Aug record low C = 4.6

|Sep record low C = 3.5

|Oct record low C = -2.9

|Nov record low C = -8.0

|Dec record low C = -10.5

|Jan high C = 9.7

|Feb high C = 11.5

|Mar high C = 15.4

|Apr high C = 18.3

|May high C = 22.3

|Jun high C = 26.3

|Jul high C = 28.8

|Aug high C = 29.1

|Sep high C = 25.2

|Oct high C = 20.2

|Nov high C = 13.7

|Dec high C = 10.3

| year high C = 19.2

|Jan mean C = 5.7

|Feb mean C = 6.6

|Mar mean C = 9.6

|Apr mean C = 12.3

|May mean C = 16.2

|Jun mean C = 19.9

|Jul mean C = 22.0

|Aug mean C = 22.1

|Sep mean C = 18.4

|Oct mean C = 14.7

|Nov mean C = 9.4

|Dec mean C = 6.3

| year mean C = 13.6

|Jan low C = 1.8

|Feb low C = 1.6

|Mar low C = 3.8

|Apr low C = 6.2

|May low C = 10.1

|Jun low C = 13.6

|Jul low C = 15.2

|Aug low C = 15.1

|Sep low C = 11.7

|Oct low C = 9.2

|Nov low C = 5.1

|Dec low C = 2.4

| year low C = 8.0

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 53.9

|Feb precipitation mm = 44.6

|Mar precipitation mm = 52.2

|Apr precipitation mm = 72.0

|May precipitation mm = 74.6

|Jun precipitation mm = 67.5

|Jul precipitation mm = 43.1

|Aug precipitation mm = 47.8

|Sep precipitation mm = 59.5

|Oct precipitation mm = 64.3

|Nov precipitation mm = 64.5

|Dec precipitation mm = 57.8

|year precipitation mm = 701.8

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 10.2

| Feb precipitation days = 9.0

| Mar precipitation days = 8.3

| Apr precipitation days = 9.9

| May precipitation days = 9.2

| Jun precipitation days = 7.4

| Jul precipitation days = 5.8

| Aug precipitation days = 5.8

| Sep precipitation days = 6.8

| Oct precipitation days = 8.5

| Nov precipitation days = 10.4

| Dec precipitation days = 9.9

| year precipitation days =101.1

|source 1 = Meteociel{{cite web

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|title=Normales et records pour Lavaur (81)

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• Communes of the Tarn department

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Category:Languedoc

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