Blaye-les-Mines

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Blaye-les-Mines

(2020–2026) Jean-François Kowalik^[1]Area

8.88 km² (3.43 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,914 • Density330/km² (850/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

81033 /81400

Elevation241–344 m (791–1,129 ft)
(avg. 339 m or 1,112 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Blaye-les-Mines (French pronunciation: [blaj le min]; Occitan: Blaia) is a commune in the Tarn department and Occitanie region of southern France.

The settlement grew up around the home of Gabriel de Solages (1711–1799), who founded the Compagnie minière de Carmaux and a glassworks at his château at Blaye.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,526	—
1975	4,563	−2.70%
1982	3,919	−2.15%
1990	3,227	−2.40%
1999	2,944	−1.01%
2007	3,063	+0.50%
2012	3,061	−0.01%
2017	2,987	−0.49%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Monnié, A. (1929), "Le bassin houiller de Carmaux-Albi" (PDF), Annales de Géographie (in French), 38 (216): 581, doi:10.3406/geo.1929.9935, retrieved 2017-07-23^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE