Saint-Amans-Soult

Saint-Amans-Soult
The tower of the church in Saint-Amans-Soult
Coat of arms
Saint-Amans-Soult
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Saint-Amans-Soult
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	Saint-Amans-Soult
Intercommunality	Castres-Mazamet
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Daniel Vialelle
Area1	24.87 km2 (9.60 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,762
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	81238 / 81240
Elevation	239–1,172 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

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.

See also

• Communes of the Tarn department

References

• INSEE