Lacaune

Lacaune
Lacaune
Commune
	The fountain in Lacaune
	Coat of arms
	Lacaune Lacaune
	Coordinates: 43°42′34″N 2°41′35″E / 43.7094°N 2.6931°ECoordinates: 43°42′34″N 2°41′35″E / 43.7094°N 2.6931°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	Les Hautes Terres d'Oc
Intercommunality	Monts de Lacaune et Montagne du Haut Languedoc
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Robert Bousquet
Area 1	91.36 km2 (35.27 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	81124 /81230
Elevation	598–1,274 m (1,962–4,180 ft) ; (avg. 800 m or 2,600 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lacaune (French pronunciation: [lakon]; Occitan: La Cauna, meaning the cave) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

Its inhabitants are called the Lacaunais (los Cauneses in Occitan).

Geography

The river Gijou has its source in the commune.

In 1797, the feral child Victor of Aveyron was looked after at Lacaune for a week after first being discovered in the woods, before running away.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

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