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Durfort (French pronunciation: [dyʁfɔʁ]; Languedocien: Durfòrt) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. It is located Between Revel, Haute-Garonne and Sorèze, Tarn. It borders the shores of the Sor river, which leads to Montagne Noir (the Black Mountain). The town gave its name to the great Durfort family, which is distinguished in French and English historyDurfort is nicknamed Cité du Cuivre (the copper city), for the prosperous copper artisan trade that exists there, in addition to artisan trades in leather, glass, basket-making and jewelry. Durfort is home to Musée du Cuivre (the copper museum), established in 1986, to document five centuries of the local copper craft. Durfort hosts its annual water festival every August. An ever evolving expression of creative ideas and community spirit During August Silksart - http://silksart.co.uk/ - works and runs workshops in the studio on Rue des Martineurs producing contemporary abstract art and bespoke clothing.

Cahuzac (French pronunciation: [ka.yzak] ; Occitan: Caüsac) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

Saint-Amancet (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿amɑ̃sɛ]; Occitan: Sanch Amauç) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

Belleserre (French pronunciation: [bɛlsɛʁ]; Occitan: Bèlasèrra) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

Les Cammazes (French pronunciation: [le kamaz]; Occitan: Les Capmases) is a commune in the Tarn department and Occitanie region of southern France.

The Bassin de Saint-Ferréol (Languedocien: Lac de Sant Ferriòl) was created as the result of a large earth dam across the mouth of the valley of Laudot stream at St. Ferréol in the Montagne Noire. It was originally proposed by Chevalier de Clerville and accepted by Pierre Paul Riquet as an integral part of the Canal du Midi. Riquet needed to provide a sufficient water reservoir to allow the locks to function year round, even in the dry summer season. The dam was begun on 15 April 1667 and was completed in four years. It was the first dam built specifically to supply water to a navigable canal and was by far the greatest single work of civil engineering undertaken during the building of the Canal du Midi.The dam has a crest length of 780 m (2,560 ft), a maximum height of 32 m (105 ft), and a base thickness of more than 140 m (450 ft). Water may be drawn from the reservoir via a stone vaulted tunnel that penetrates the base of the dam. Silt can be removed from the floor of the reservoir through the tunnel. When filled to capacity, the reservoir contains some 680,000 cubic metres (180×10^6 US gal) of water.Originally, the basin was to be fed by only the River Laudot. When this was deemed to be insufficient, other streams fed into what Riquet called the "rigole de la montagne". Rigole is a diversionary channel. This stream would have included contributions from the River Alzau, River Vernassone, River Lampillon, River Lampy, and River Rieutort. The stream passed through the 121 metres (132 yd) long, 2.7 metres (9 ft) diameter Cammazes Tunnel on its way to the basin. The tunnel was built by the military engineer Marshall Sebastien Vauban in 1686–87.The entrance of the Laudot into the basin is split so that one portion goes into the basin and the other portion diverts around the basin and returns to the Laudot downstream of the dam. The waters released from the dam follow the downstream route of the Laudot until they join with the rigole de la plaine at Les Thoumazes. The waters continue to the Bassin de Naurouze before entering the canal itself.Though Riquet took credit for the water supply provided by the basin, much of the knowledge required was provided by Pierre Campmas, a fontainier, and François Andréossy, an hydraulics engineer.The lake lies in the three communes of Vaudreuille (Haute-Garonne), Les Brunels (Aude) and Sorèze (Tarn).

Les Brunels (French pronunciation: [le bʁynɛl] ; Occitan: Les Brunèls) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Lagardiolle (French pronunciation: [laɡaʁdjɔl]; Occitan: La Gardiòla) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

Revel (French pronunciation: [ʁəvɛl] ; Occitan: Revèl) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

The canton of Revel is an administrative division of the Haute-Garonne department, southern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Revel.It consists of the following communes:

Lempaut is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. In Lempaut is the 17th century Château de Padiès, a listed monument since 1928.

The Château de Padiès is a mansion built on the site of a former castle, located in the outskirts of the village of Lempaut in the département of Tarn in southern France. The Château de Padiès is a Renaissance château, built in its present form in the 17th century. It is set in the Lauragais region, known for the production of the dye woad (French: pastel). Its “renaissance” façades have finely carved mullioned windows populated with fantastic mythical beings, lions' heads and symbols of plenty. It has been established that the château existed at least before 1209. The Seigneurs were Cathar sympathisers and records from the Inquisition through to the 13th century are testimony to this. During the Wars of Religion, the château was attacked and pillaged by the Protestants in 1572; the then seigneur blew himself up with the aid of a barrel of gunpowder, his wife and children were taken to nearby Puylaurens where they became Protestant. The son rebuilt Padiès in its present form. Around a hundred years later with the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, the family reaffirmed their Catholic origins. Later, the young Emmanuel de Las Cases stayed at Padiès; he recorded his fond memories of the generous lady of the house, Marie-Claire Villèle (aunt of Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, a future minister of Louis XVIII), and the gardens populated with boxwood animal heads, espaliered grenadiers, the birds, the fireplace one could sit in…. Las Cases went on to become a general under Napoleon, and to write the Mémorial de Ste Hélène. The last of the Padiès were imprisoned in their château during the French Revolution. They were eventually pardoned because of their “grand old age”. They had no children. In 1800, Pierre de Padiès died leaving his property to his widow, Marie-Claire. She left the château to her family who in turn sold it to the Fabre family in 1826. Padiès remained in the Fabre family until 1992, the date of its acquisition by Denis Piel and Elaine Merkus, the new restorers. Padiès appears to be a Toulousain hotel particulier transported to the countryside, yet the mass of the building and the diagonally placed towers recall the military role of the château. As one of the three Seigneuries of Lempaut, Padiès was an integral part of village life. At the time of the Napoleonic census, forty five people lived in the immediate vicinity of the château. They built their shelters using local materials, they farmed, gardened, produced food and clothes, baked bread, killed and processed pigs and generally lived…..and loved….. in a sustainable environment. In 1998 they received the Special 40th Anniversary VMF Marquis de Amodio Prize for the extensive work completed on the building at that time. The owners of the Château de Padiès are building an environment to reconnect Padiès with its surroundings in a sustainable way. Padiès was listed on the Inventaire Supplémentaire des Monuments Historiques (ISMH) in 1928.