Tour de Navès

The Château de Montespieu is an early medieval fortress in the commune of Navès in the Tarn département of France. Constructed on foundations dating back to the 12th century, it was entirely rebuilt in the 16th century, remodeled in the 17th century and then restored in 1900. It has been listed as a monument historique since 26 October 1992.

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

The Thoré (French pronunciation: [tɔʁe]) is a 61.6-kilometre-long (38.3 mi) river in the Hérault and Tarn departments in southern France. Its source is in the northern part of Rieussec. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Agout, into which it flows between Navès and Castres.

Saint-Affrique-les-Montagnes (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿afʁik le mɔ̃taɲ]; Occitan: Sant Africa de las Montanhas) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

The canton of La Montagne noire is an administrative division of the Tarn department, southern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Labruguière.It consists of the following communes:

Labruguière (French pronunciation: [labʁyɡjɛʁ]; Languedocien: La Bruguièira) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. The Thoré is a river that is part of the commune's eastern border, flows north-northwestward through the northern part of the commune, crosses the village, then forms part of its northern border.

Castres is a railway station in Castres, Occitanie, France. It is on the Toulouse–Mazamet railway line. The station is served by TER (local) services operated by the SNCF. All trains have to stop at the station as it is a drive-in–reverse-out station.

The arrondissement of Castres is an arrondissement of France in the Tarn department in the Occitanie region. Its INSEE code is 812 and its capital city is Castres. It has 151 communes. Its population is 195,298 (2016), and its area is 3,026.2 km2 (1,168.4 sq mi). It is the southernmost arrondissement of the department. Castres is known for its Rugby Team Le Castres Olympique (CO).

The canton of Castres-3 is an administrative division of the Tarn department, southern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Castres.It consists of the following communes: Castres (partly) Navès

The Catholic Diocese of Castres, in Southern France, was created in 1317 from the diocese of Albi. It was suppressed at the time of the French Revolution, under the Concordat of 1801. Its territory returned to the archdiocese of Albi. The bishop of Castres had his see at Castres Cathedral.

The Jardin botanique Pierre Fabre "La Michonne" (4 hectares), also known as the Conservatoire botanique Pierre Fabre, is a private botanical garden maintained by the nonprofit Institut Klorane. It is located on the Avenue d'Albi, Castres, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France. The garden was established by Pierre Fabre, who in 1965 acquired Klorane, a small company near Paris specializing in the manufacture of soaps, and subsequently built it into a large commercial success. In 1994 he created the nonprofit Institut Klorane to help protect the environment, and in 2001 the institute opened the garden and conservatory in Fabre's home town of Castres with the missions of scientific study, preservation of endangered species, and public education. Today the garden contains more than 900 plant species, with an emphasis on medicinal, cosmetic, and edible plants, on a site that includes a former mansion, conservatory greenhouses, and outdoor garden (5000 m²). The greenhouse includes a tropical room (120 species), Mediterranean room, and arid room for cactus and succulents. The Institut Klorane also maintains a botanical trail in Carla and the botanical conservatory "Dal Mas Bosc" in Cambounet-sur-le-Sor.

Castres (French: [kastʁ] ; Castras in the Languedocian dialect of Occitan) is the sole subprefecture of the Tarn department in the Occitanie region in Southern France. It lies in the former province of Languedoc, although not in the former region of Languedoc-Roussillon. In 2018, the commune had a population of 41,795. Castres is the fourth-largest industrial centre of the predominantly rural former Midi-Pyrénées region after Toulouse, Tarbes and Albi, as well as the largest in the part of Languedoc lying between Toulouse and Montpellier. It is noted for being the birthplace of the famous socialist leader Jean Jaurès (1859–1914) and home to the important Goya Museum of Spanish painting.