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Albi

43 55 '44 "N 2 08' 47" E / 43.928889, 2.146389

Albi
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Administration
Country France
Region Midi-Pyrenees
Department Tarn ( prefecture )
Borough Albi ( chief town )
Canton Chief town of six townships
Common Code 81004
Postcode 81000
Mayor
Current term 		Philippe Bonnecarrre
2008 - 2014
Intermunicipal Agglomeration community of the Albigensian
Website http://www.mairie-albi.fr/
Demography
Population 48 889 hab. ( 2007 )
Density 1 105 inhabitants / km 2
Urban area 92 929 hab. ()
Demonym Albigensian Albigensian
Geography
Contact 43 55 '44 "North
2 08 '47 "East / 43.928889, 2.146389
Altitudes Min. 130 m - max. 308 m
Area 44.26 km 2

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Albi is a common French in the south of France. It is the prefecture of the department of Tarn in the region Midi-Pyrenees and seat of the archdiocese.

Its inhabitants are called the Albigenses. Albi is the main town in the urban community of the Albigenses (82,652 inhabitants) and the urban area of Albi (92,929 inhabitants) .

Albi is notable for its impressive fortified cathedral Sainte Cecile and Berbie Palace , former palace of the Archbishops of Albi, which dominate the historic downtown and river. Birthplace of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec , it houses a museum comprising the largest collection of works by the painter's post-impressionist . Finally, Albi is a particularly historic landmark whose name was given to the followers of the Cathars , the Albigenses, who suffered a violent crackdown in XIII century by the Catholic Church known as the Albigensian Crusade . The St. Cecilia Cathedral was built by the Catholics to fight against the Cathar heresy.

Saturday 31 July 2010 , in Brasilia , the Episcopal city of Albi is added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage , . It brings together the Cathedral of St. Cecilia , fortified church built of brick tan apparent between 1282 and 1480 , as Berbie palace , which houses the Muse Toulouse-Lautrec , the church of Saint Salvi and its cloister, the banks of the Tarn and the Old Bridge and several buildings classified as historic monuments.

Summary

/ / Geography

Location

Albi, Prefecture of the Tarn.

Situation

Albi is a town located on the Tarn near the vineyards of Gaillac , shelf strings and forest Grsigne. The town is located in the center of the department of Tarn between the Aquitaine basin and the Massif Central. The geology department has the appearance of an amphitheater of plateaus and hills sloping towards the southwest. To the east of Albi, the first low-lying plateaus form the foothills of the Causses. South-east, some low mountain, reaching 1,300 m above sea level, forming a barrier: Lacaune mountains , Mount Sidobre and Black Mountain. North of Albi, is a low plateau called Segala.

Its area is 4226 hectares and its average altitude of 170 meters. Albi is located 50 minutes drive from Toulouse , less than three hours of the Pyrenees and in less than two hours from the Mediterranean Sea. The nearest towns are: Castres , Toulouse , Mazamet , Graulhet , Lavaur , Gaillac , Montauban , Rodez and Carmaux.

Hydrology and Geology

The river Tarn through the town of Albi. This is the third tributary of the Garonne from the Dordogne and Lot. It rises to Mount Lozre , through the gorges of the Tarn Albi then reached from the east. Tarn form a large loop between the city into two. The historical center is located on the left bank of the River. It runs through the town at the foot of the ramparts and continued moving toward the southwest to empty into the Garonne. The river is navigable from the Garonne. It ensures the wine trade of Gaillac , from hemp and pastel through barges flat bottom. The Tarn has long been an important industry Albigensian with the power and regularity of its flow .

The valley of the Tarn Albi location corresponds to the Aquitaine sedimentary basin deposited in the Gulf of Albi and Castres. It includes the sandstone dating from the Quaternary deposited on terraces carved out by the Tarn and susceptible to erosion. Around Albi, the plates forming the Causse d'Albi or Carmaux made limestone poor .

Climate

The city enjoys a mild temperate climate in the autumn, with spring usually mild, wet and hot dry summers. The average annual temperature is 13.1 C. Average annual sunshine is 2150 hours which gives the city a particularly pleasant Mediterranean climate and average annual rainfall of 106 days. The extremes have been recorded - -20.4 C on 16 January 1985 and to 41.4 C on 12 August 2003 . The fog is often present along the valley of the Tarn. The town is little affected by winds of 25 days with an average wind year. The wind of Autan particularly affects the department of Tarn , but it is not contrary to this in Albi Castres and the Sidobre where the wind blows 50 days per year and up to 90 days on the plateau of Labruguire .

Comparative table of weather data from Albi and some French cities
City Sunshine
(H / year) 		Rain
(Mm / year) 		Snow
(D / yr) 		Storm
(D / yr) 		Fog
(D / yr)
National average 1 973 770 14 22 40
Albi 2 077 760.6 5 22 21
Paris 1 630 642 15 19 13
Nice 2 668 767 1 31 1
Strasbourg 1 633 610 30 29 65
Brest 1 492 1 109 9 11 74

Transportation and communication routes

Albi is located on the axis of communication between Toulouse and Rodez. The motorway A68 provides access to Albi in the south-west from Toulouse. It turns into highway 88 at the approach of Albi. This same road 88 continues north-east to Rodez in Aveyron and Lyon. The network is also complemented by the provincial road 612 which provides access to the southeast Castres then Carcassonne via Mazamet. On the network side, the 999 county from east towards Millau crossing the Regional Natural Park of Grands Causses. North-west, the main road 600 joined Cordes-sur-Ciel and St Antonin-Noble-Val and finally Caussade in the Tarn-et-Garonne. Albi is located 789 km from Paris , 390 km from Barcelona and 290 km from Girona.

Albi has two railway stations: Albi City (most) and Albi Madeleine. The main line is the line of railway Toulouse - Rodez which also passes Carmaux. Several lines are now closed. This is where the line of railway Tournemire -Albi, which was never completed. Part-Albi St. Jury opened in 1899 and closed on 12 February 2001 . Albi was also connected by railways to Castelnaudary between 1865 and 1987 (see Line Castelnaudary - Rodez ) and managed initially by the Railway Company du Midi .

Albi, which has the urban transport network Albibus , is the county seat of network TarnBus.

Main article: Albibus.
Main article: TarnBus.

Albi also has an airfield , the airfield of Albi, The Custodian , located 3 km southwest of the city. It is managed by the joint association of the aerodrome of Albi. He failed to close in July 2005 for lack of traffic and the unwillingness to invest in increasing the length of the single track created in 1974. The airfield is no longer Paris or any other destination. Its proximity to Toulouse is in direct competition. In 2004, the airfield has hosted 4,262 passengers . The national and international airports are the nearest:

Website

The site is located on which the city lies on a promontory carved by the river Tarn.

Urban Morphology

Albi is bounded by twelve districts formed taking into account the feeling of belonging expressed by the people, history and characteristics of Albi and urban geography. To the north are the districts Le Breuil-Mazicou Madeleine Cantepau and the south-Rayssac VEYRIERES-Ranteil and Lude Bellevue, center, Grand Central, to the west, the neighborhoods west of Pointe Marre, and east, the Pool and the Plain of Go, Renaud, Viscose, Lapanouse-Saint-Martin-Le Jarlard Peyroula and Marranel-Roc .

Panorama of Albi in the morning, left the bridge with the August 22, 1944 and right the old bridge

Planning

Housing

Traditional brick home near the Cathedral Sainte-Cecile

Albi were 24,472 housing units in 1999 to 46 500 inhabitants or approximately 2.1 persons per dwelling. The new buildings are poorly represented and the housing stock is quite old, since 65% of primary residences were built before 1974. Constructions prior to 1949 represent 26% of the same park.

89.2% of homes are primary residences spread to 57.2% in detached houses and apartments to 42.8% (respectively 68.2% and 31.8% in the region). Albi has a lot of family housing. 48.5% of residents are homeowners, against 47.5% who were tenants (respectively 58.9% and 35.6% in the region) , .

Note that with 3,083 public housing units or 14.1% of the park in 1999 (8.5% in the region), the city does not comply with the provisions of Article 55 of the Act solidarity and urban renewal (SRU) December 2000 laying down 20% minimum rate of housing units for the larger towns. We may note further that the number of vacancies was quite important in 1999 with 8.4% of the park against only 7.5% in the region.

Most houses have 4 pieces (60.4%), or 3 pieces (18.4%), then 2 pieces (11.9%). Small homes are few (Studios: 9.4%). The city has so large housing because of building space not restricted to large buildings, and because of weak demand in small units , . Finally it should be noted that these units are well equipped as 94.6% have central heating and 64.3% have a garage or parking box (respectively 80% and 66.6% for the region).

Project management

In the early twenty-first century , the city has a large yard beautification. Many public places and many streets have been renovated and refurbished in the city's architectural compliance. Thus, the city has invested in a new cultural space with the media -Pierre Amalric. The place of Vigan in the heart of downtown has been revamped and is now totally pedestrian. The market hall was renovated to become a place of exchange and communication. Finally, the Place Sainte-Cecile has been completely redesigned for the public.

Albi's device is being doubled. It bypasses the east of the city by the major axis leading to Toulouse in the south and Rodez in the north. Since February 2007, work has enabled the development of bridges to the bypass and the development of anti-noise walls. Southern ring road, expressway-Marssac Albi, was developed to join the A68 motorway towards Toulouse. Albi-Marssac section was inaugurated in January 2010. The work should continue in several phases, including at the Lude.

A 10-hectare mall called the "Doors of Albi" in the neighborhood Fonlabour along the ring road with many stores opened September 30, 2009. The buildings are equipped with solar panels and rain collectors .

The construction of an auditorium on the current site of the Friendship between peoples is being considered. This project called "grand theater of Albi" or sometimes "Project Cordeliers' was won by the architect Dominique Perrault . The early work is planned for 2011.

Etymology

Albi written the same way Albi Occitan. This name would have two origins. One would Alp which is a prefix that means a steep rise or oppidum, while the other source would Albius would have been the name of a prominent Roman who lived in Albi in Roman times , . Another hypothesis is alba (white in Latin) of the limestone cliffs surrounding the city. We also note the spelling (aged) of Alby. (Francization Albi, the "y" does not exist in Occitan ).

Heraldry

Blason ville fr Albi (Tarn). Svg
  • Weapons of Albi emblazon thus: Gules a castle embattled four silver coins, masonry sand, open field with two doors slid silver, a gold lion, feet resting on the four slots, all surmounting a cross archbishop, pale gold, adextre in chief a sun and even snestre a waning moon in silver.
  • Motto: The motto of the city Stat baculus vigilatque leo turresque tuetur which means "The cross is thrown, the lion sleep and protect the towers". It dates from 1764. The cross alludes to the archbishop's cross arms of the city. In 1236 , the first currency in the city was sigillum comutatis Albie.

The coat of arms consists of:

  • a crenellated wall with two doors, symbolizing the walled city
  • a wall supporting the arch in the middle flanked by the Episcopal moon (decreasing) and the sun, both of elements of the Arms of the Counts of Toulouse and Languedoc
  • a leopard placed on the wall, symbol of strength.

History

The city of Albi is an ancient city whose history is rich. First fief lords Trencavel the Middle Ages and the Cathars , it becomes an episcopal city since the thirteenth century. It was during the Renaissance that the city is enriched by the culture of pastel. Several mansions are the witnesses of this era. At the French Revolution , the clergy are the property sold and the various buildings become administrative centers. The nineteenth century was marked by the growth of the industry with glassware and headgear and extraction of coal near Carmaux.

Statue at Palace Berbie

Origins

The first people settled on the banks of the Tarn attracted to water and the abundance of pebbles. They leave behind many stones carved like bifaces , and scrapers or choppers. And remains of objects in bronze and then iron are found in the vicinity of Albi. A workshop depth is found near the oppidum natural Castelviel / Sup>. The Tarn is navigable from Albi where the installation of the first men in this region. In addition, the site is close to fertile valleys and exploitable mineral wealth. During the second half of the fourth century BC. AD , the Ruthenians , Gauls, create a broad domain corresponding to prospective dioceses of Albi and Rodez . The first bishop of Albi is Diogenes to 405 and the first mention of Civitas albigensium date 406.

In 418 , the Visigoths invaded the region and take control, then the Franks seize it in 507. Duke Didier submits a temporary guardianship of Chilperic I. , King of Neustria. Soon, the kingdom of the Franks gets the Albigenses under the governance of Clotaire II. In July 666 , a great fire devastated the city .

The Middle Ages

During the Middle Ages , the city is surrounded by walls oppidum. In the tenth century , the first bridge was built over the Tarn in Albi. This is the current Old Bridge. This bridge allows the development of the city on both banks of the Tarn . Around the first millennium , between Albi in the stronghold of the Trencavel family , lords of Ambialet. The city is yet ecclesiastical stronghold, but as a Trencavel was still bishop, the family uses as well.

For the twelfth and thirteenth centuries , Albi is a center of religious movement Cathar , a controversy that it gives is also the nickname of the Albigensian Cathars (those who defend the doctrine advocated in Albi). Heresy is progressing rapidly and the various missions and sermons of the priests of the Catholic Church does not prevent its growth. The Cathars was violently repressed during the crusade against the Albigenses. Albi happening yet in the Catholic camp without resistance; Viscount of Carcassonne, Raymond-Roger Trencavel , loses his fief in 1209 during the making of Carcassonne . Thereafter the construction of the episcopal palace fortified Berbie and the imposing Cathedral of St. Cecile anchor the city in the bosom of the Church. The bishops want to celebrate the power of the Church through these new buildings. The city is also an important cultural center known for its scriptorium. It can copy texts and books of liturgical life .

In XIV century , the structure of the city changes dramatically. It is divided into six districts, or "mess" surrounded by walls. The Old Bridge is strengthened both side of the suburb and city, with a drawbridge at each end. It is topped with its center houses a chapel dedicated to Our Lady. The Plassa is the heart of the city at the foot of the cathedral. In the suburbs are the mills and tanneries .

From the Renaissance to the seventeenth century

And choir loft of St. Cecilia's Cathedral built between the thirteenth and sixteenth century

The era of the Renaissance is marked by prosperity through the cultivation of pastel. The region is a veritable land of plenty. Many citizens are rapidly becoming wealthy and influential in the life of the city. That time of the construction of many houses and mansions still visible today in the streets of Albi . Enjalbert home, the hotel and the hotel Gorsse Reyns are good examples of architecture of that period. It is characterized by the exclusive use of the brick wall and stone corbels for enclosures and doors and windows.

In 1474 , Louis d'Amboise was appointed Bishop of Albi. He was previously Ambassador of France in Rome and adviser to King Louis XI and Lieutenant General of the province of Languedoc. He is responsible for installing Neumeister, a master printer and a native of Mainz collaborator Gutenberg. This is one of the first workshops of printers in France after Paris and Lyon .

In the sixteenth century , new problems arise and with the advent of Calvinism in France around 1540. On 25 February 1560 , Albi is organizing a grand procession and atoning regent Catherine de 'Medici appointed to the episcopal his cousin Lawrence Strozzi. He is charged with defending the city against the Protestants. The massacre of St. Bartholomew ( 24 August 1572 in Paris) is repeated in Albi on October 5 , and gives rise to a reckoning . Albi adheres to the policy of the sling Holy League. In 1593 , the League States are attended by the Duke of Joyeuse. Palace Berbie becomes a stronghold army until 1598, when the league goes with the appointment of Henri IV of France as King of France .

The seventeenth century was a period of economic decline for Albi and its region. The pastel is in decline and the city seeking new economic opportunities. Glassware, tanning and weaving are important activities but the city can not return to the level of past prosperity. Several brickworks were installed in the periphery and provide the material of construction of the city. The economic context on the eve of the French Revolution in 1789 is particularly difficult .

The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

Cassini map of Alby in 1780

At the Revolution , a time Albi loses its leading role in favor of Castres became the capital of the new department of Tarn in 1790. But the Republicans deem unsafe Castres and flee to take refuge in Albi. The city became the chief town in 1797 , after this brief period of hegemony Castres. The church property is sold and the Carmelite convent becomes the current courthouse and the Cordeliers is a prison. Berbie Palace became the seat of county government until 1823. In 1794 , the archives of the clergy are burned on the Place du Vigan .

In the eighteenth century , the Marquis de Solages, lord of Carmaux , tries one of the first industrial extraction of coal in France. He obtained permission to build a line of railway Horse to Albi. Thus was born the Faubourg de la Madeleine.

The railway arrived in Albi in 1864. A second bridge, now New Bridge, was built over the Tarn and an overpass for the train. The metal expands at Saut du Tarn resulting in the emergence of specialized foundries. But the best known activity is the working glass of Albi , founded in 1896 in workers' cooperative self-managed with the help of a national subscription and Jean Jaures , and following the strike of 1895 Carmaux. The headgear is also an important industry, Albi, placing it among the first in France in the nineteenth century . In 1931, the glass will self-governing status of production workers' cooperative society (SCOP) .

Since the twentieth century

Map of Albi in 1914

During the Second World War , the inhabitants of the town suffered an episode of the Vichy regime , with the creation of an assembly center for foreigners. Shortly before the release , a German column attempted to cross the Tarn , coming from the Madeleine. Of resistant local and foreign (many Poles and Spaniards) waging a fierce battle on the Pont-Neuf before having to drop out. A monument to the dead still remember their actions .

Military units were stationed in Albi: the 143rd Infantry Regiment in 1906.

Today, Albi is a promising innovation center with the School of Mines Albi- Carmaux (research on solar energy, cars and cleaner fuels). The city emphasizes its natural (climate and pleasant landscapes) and cultural tourism to develop the green, which is expanding. In addition, the city is making sustained efforts to improve and beautify the Place du Vigan, and most recently that of the Cathedral, were completely redone.

Administration

Courthouse Albi
Gendarmerie Nationale

Albi is the Prefecture of the Tarn since 1797. It is also the capital of six townships:

Albi is the mainstay of the urban community of the Albigenses , which was created in 2003, now has 17 municipalities. It has a municipal police, a police and a brigade of gendarmerie . The city now houses a new fire station on the latest site of a former factory that has served several companies as Spanghero or Fleury Michon .

The courthouse is part of Albi the jurisdiction of the judicial district of Albi combining the high court, the juvenile court, the courts, the Commercial Court and the Labour Court, course and sit the foundation of the Tarn .. The building is the former convent of which he remains the Carmelite cloister of the fourteenth century .

City Council and political trends

The city council of Albi is composed of forty-three members, including the mayor, Philippe Bonnecarrre, and thirteen assistants . The mayor is also the chairman of the urban community of the Albigenses and the secretary of the French Federation of Mayors of towns. In addition, a council of children is formed by 43 students of CM1 and CM2 .

Politically, Albi is a city right since the election of Philip Bonnecarrre in 1995. However, the previous mayor was left and the presidential elections of 2002 and 2007 show a slight preference for the candidates of the left.

In the 2002 presidential election , the first round has seen the head Lionel Jospin with 20.51%, followed by Jacques Chirac with 19.95%, followed by Jean-Marie Le Pen with 14.55% and finally Franois Bayrou with 6.65%, and Jean-Pierre Chevenement with 6.03%, Noel Mamere with 5.91% and Laguiller with 5.06%, no other candidate than the 5% threshold. In the second round, voters voted 86.74% for Jacques Chirac against 13.26% for Jean Marie Le Pen with an abstention rate of 15.72%, exceeding national trends (respectively 82.21% and 17.79%, 20.29% abstention) but with four additional points for Jacques Chirac .

The referendum on the Constitutional Treaty for Europe of 29 May 2005 , the Albigensian voted against the European Constitution with 52.61% 47.39% Non cons of Yes with an abstention rate of 26.7% ( France full: No to 54.67% Yes 45.33%). These figures are below the trend of departmental Tarn (Not to 59.21% Yes 40.79%) showing the rural character of the department and his small town. The electorate has chosen the vote is positive, according to political analysts, the fact of a population more economically privileged and a higher level of education .

In the 2007 presidential election , the first round saw stand out head Sgolne Royal with 29.30%, followed by Nicolas Sarkozy with 26.95%, Franois Bayrou with 18.78%, Jean-Marie Le Pen with 10 , 58% and Olivier Besancenot with 3.94%, no other candidate than the 2% threshold. The second round has seen the top Sgolne Royal with 50.71% (National: 46.94%) against 49.29% for Nicolas Sarkozy (national score: 53.06%) . The victory in the first round and second round left in Albi indicates that city residents tend to favor left-wing policies.

Mayors of Albi

List of successive mayors
Period Identity Label Quality
March 2008 Philippe Bonnecarrre NC lawyer
June 1995 Philippe Bonnecarrre RPR and DVD lawyer
1977 1995 Michel Castel PS
March 23, 1959 Laurent Mathieu
January 3, 1958 Louis Marty
August 19, 1944 Marcel Ricard
May 28, 1941 Raymond Brault
May 16, 1929 Lawrence Camboulives USR
May 12, 1925 Louis Devoisin
May 23, 1897 Edouard Andrieu
September 27, 1896 Justin Alibert
May 17, 1896 Edmond Marty
May 24, 1892 Augustus Berne-Lagarde
November 16, 1880 Alfred Monesti
All data are not yet known.

Budget and Taxation

In the vote on budget primitive main 2007, the operating section presented amounted to a sum of 74,189,135 and section Investment 47,633,038 (both balanced revenue and expenditure). The operating budget is largely used by the general administration of the community (18.3%) and education (13%). Regarding investment, it is the road works and networks that use 16.4% of the budget, followed by urban development with 12.3%.

The rates of the four charges of 2006 passed by the council of Albi are: 14.31% for the housing tax , 26.90% for property tax frame, 91.25% for the undeveloped property tax , and 22.5% for the business tax rate (inter-) . The county rates were respectively the same year of 8.45%, 18.39%, 62.83% and 14.86%.

The rate of council tax has increased from 13.75% in 2003 to 14.45% in 2007.

Security

The crime rate in the police district of Albi is 60.61 per 1000 acts (crimes and misdemeanors counts in 2005 ) making it the highest in the department of Tarn, but lower than the national average (83 / 1000). This rate is lower than the crime rate in the region Midi-Pyrenees (85.46 / 1,000). This rate is of course far less than big cities like Toulouse (111.49 / 1000) Montauban (91.56 / 1,000). The rate of resolution of cases by the police is 30.11%, the lowest in the department but close to regional averages (28.25%) and national (28.76%) . These rates of crime can be explained by the proximity of Toulouse contrary to Rodez , which records the lowest rate (39.2 / 1,000)

Twinning

There is a pairing between Albi and the city of Girona in Catalonia, Spain since 9 June 1985 and a pairing with Palo Alto in California , a city often referred to as the cradle of Silicon Valley. The city also maintains a cooperative agreement since 2004 with decentralized Abomey , a town in Benin where the historical museum is entered in the UNESCO World Heritage and is the historic capital of the kingdom of Dahomey.

Population and Society

Demographics

The city of Albi had 46 274 inhabitants in the census of the INSEE in 1999 which puts it at 102 th nationally. In 2007 , the total population is 51 302 inhabitants . Albi is the most populous city of the Tarn department followed Castres (43,141 inhab. The common Graulhet have 11 991 inhabitants, Gaillac 12 397 inhabitants, Mazamet 10 158 and Carmaux 10 273. The density of the town is 1 100 hab / km. It is also the most densely populated county. Castres having a density of 269 inhabitants per km. But this density is much lower than cities like Toulouse (3299 hab / km ) Montpellier (3965 hab / km ) or Perpignan (1544 hab / km ). It is also an urban area 's most populous department with 95 960 inhabitants, covering 44 municipalities before Castres (pop. 61,760) and Mazamet (26,186 inhabitants) .

Demographic Trends
(Source: Cassini and INSEE )
1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851
11 176 9 649 10 061 10 644 11 665 11 801 12 408 14 211 13 788
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
14 636 15 493 16 596 17 469 19 169 20 379 21 224 20 903 21 948
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
22 571 23 303 25 100 26 628 29 015 29 351 30 293 34 342 34 693
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007
38 709 42 930 46 162 45 947 46 579 46 264 48 889

Count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting


Table population of the twentieth century

Age structure

Pyramid in Albi in 1999 percent.
Men Age class Women
0,1
Before 1904
0,5
9,2
1905-1924
13,6
15,4
1925-1939
17,1
18,6
1940-1954
18,7
19,5
1955-1969
18,3
22,3
1970-1984
19,3
14,9
1985-1999
12,5

The city has few differences from the age of the region a href = "Midi-Pyr% C3% A9n% C3% A9es" title = "Midi-Pyrnes"> Midi-Pyrenees. Units of 15-29 years and 30-44 years are the most represented with 22.3% and 19.5% in 1999 (respectively, 19.7 and 22.1% for the region). Albigensian population is relatively younger than the rest of the region. The elderly are underrepresented with 9.2% in 1999 as in the rest of the region (7.4%) .

Education

Secondary education includes several high schools. Three public high schools are present in Albi with Bellevue High School , the School Laprouse where Jean Jaurs taught, and where Georges Pompidou studied, the Lyce Louis Rascol. The three public high schools have classes for the Grandes Ecoles (CPGE). She also has two private high schools: the School of Amboise and the St. Cecilia High School. Finally, Albi also has two public vocational schools, the Lycee Rascol and Toulouse-Lautrec High School and two private schools, the St. Cecilia High School and St. Dominic High School . The agricultural college Albi-Fonlabour also offers specialized instruction in agriculture .

Albi is also a vibrant university center with 3,790 students in 2006 . The University Centre Jean-Francois Champollion, created on the site of a former barracks in order to decentralize the provision of Toulouse University, with the next target mutation in an independent university, the 5th of Midi-Pyrenees, grouping around Albi academic centers and IUT du Tarn, Aveyron and the Lot (Albi, Castres, Rodez, Figeac, birthplace of Champollion) . This faculty is supplemented by the Ecole des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux , created in 1992 at the initiative of the Ministry of Industry, whose teaching is oriented equipment for industrial processes, other interface between the process engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and industrial engineering.

Health

Albi has a general hospital and two clinics: the clinical-Claude Bernard and clinical Toulouse-Lautrec. It also has the important CHS Pierre Jamet, private hospital (owned by the founding of the Bon Sauveur d'Alby) occurring primarily in psychiatry and medico-social and who also has a sleep laboratory exploration led by Dr. Eric Mullens, a pioneer and recognized in this area. The Union Mutual Tarn is also installed a large clinical rehabilitation.

Media

  • A local branch of France 3 Tarn is located in Albi.
  • The main newspaper is the daily La Depeche du Midi , but local newspapers are distributed free Tarn in Albi.
  • Besides the national radio channels, Albi receives local channels: Radio Albig, RCF Tarn Country, Radio hundred percent Menergy Radio.
  • The mayor issues a monthly newsletter: Albimag .

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