Saint-Amans-Soult

Saint-Amans-Soult is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

Saint-Amans-Soult
Commune
The tower of the church in Saint-Amans-Soult
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Amans-Soult
Saint-Amans-Soult
Saint-Amans-Soult
Coordinates: 43°28′40″N 2°29′26″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentTarn
ArrondissementCastres
CantonMazamet-2 Vallée du Thoré
IntercommunalityCastres-Mazamet
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Daniel Vialelle
Area
1
24.87 km2 (9.60 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,577
 • Density63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
81238 /81240
Elevation239–1,172 m (784–3,845 ft)
(avg. 269 m or 883 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The commune was formerly called Saint-Amans-la-Bastide. It was renamed in 1851, after Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult, who was born there in 1769. Marshal-General Soult, under the Emperor Napoleon, was later named as Duke of Dalmatia, and following the Emperor's permanent exile to St. Helena, enjoyed a long and fruitful career as a politician and diplomant under several early 19th royalist and republican regimes in France. His son, Napoleon H. de Soult, arranged for the posthumous publication of his father's Memoires after 1851.

Geography

The Thoré forms the commune's northern border.

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See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.



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