Rabastens

Rabastens
House on the River Tarn, in Rabastens
Coat of arms
Rabastens
Location within Occitanie region  Rabastens
Coordinates: 43°49′23″N 1°43′33″E / 43.8231°N 1.7258°E / 43.8231; 1.7258Coordinates: 43°49′23″N 1°43′33″E / 43.8231°N 1.7258°E / 43.8231; 1.7258
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Albi
Canton	Rabastens
Intercommunality	Pays Rabastinois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Brest
Area1	66.29 km2 (25.59 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	4,875
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	81220 /81800
Elevation	95–252 m (312–827 ft) (avg. 117 m or 384 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rabastens is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. The historian Gustave de Clausade (1815–1888) was born in Rabastens of which he became mayor in 1848.