Navès, Tarn

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Navès

(2020–2026) Pierre Calmels^[1]Area

9.75 km² (3.76 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

689 • Density71/km² (180/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

81195 /81710

Elevation158–286 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.

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

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]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Base Mérimée: PA00095675, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) "Château de Montespieu". Retrieved 14 October 2022
^ Base Mérimée: PA00135479, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) "Tour de Navès". Retrieved 15 October 2022
^ Marie-Aude Roux (4 January 2017). "Georges Prêtre, le plus viennois des chefs d'orchestre, est mort" [Georges Prêtre, the most Viennese of orchestra conductors, has died]. Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 15 October 2022.