Lautrec (French pronunciation: [lotʁɛk]; Occitan: Lautrèc) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

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Lautrec
Commune
A general view of Lautrec
Coat of arms
Location of Lautrec
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Coordinates: 43°42′25″N 2°08′23″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	Plaine de l'Agoût
Intercommunality	Lautrécois-Pays d'Agout
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Bardou[1]
Area 1	54.64 km2 (21.10 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,694
• Density	31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	81139 /81440
Elevation	165–360 m (541–1,181 ft) (avg. 292 m or 958 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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Lautrec is listed among "The Most Beautiful Villages of France" as well as a "Remarkable Site for Taste" thanks to its renowned pink garlic.^[4] Its remarkable sites include:

• the village itself, with its 14th century market square
• the Saint Remy collegiate church and its sumptuous marble retable
• the 17th century windmill, one of the few still working today in the South of France
• a clog workshop, recreated after the one that existed there until the early 1960s
• the Caussade Gate (13th century)
• the Salette calvary (altitude 328 m)
• the Roman road

• Famous painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s family had roots in this village
• Communes of the Tarn department
• Tourism in Tarn