Cagnac-les-Mines | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Cagnac-les-Mines (Tarn).svg |
Arrondissement: | Albi |
Canton: | Albi-3 |
Insee: | 81048 |
Postal Code: | 81130 |
Mayor: | Patrice Norkowski[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Carmausin-Ségala |
Coordinates: | 43.9861°N 2.1419°W |
Elevation M: | 230 |
Elevation Min M: | 153 |
Elevation Max M: | 324 |
Area Km2: | 24.7 |
Cagnac-les-Mines (in French pronounced as /kaɲak le min/; Occitan (post 1500);: Canhac de las Minas) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.
It is a former coalmining town for workers of the Compagnie minière de Carmaux. It has a mining museum, whereupon is standing a huge miners safety lamp.
The Vère forms part of the commune's north-western border.