Pont-de-Larn | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Pont-de-Larn (Tarn).svg |
Arrondissement: | Castres |
Canton: | Mazamet-2 Vallée du Thoré |
Insee: | 81209 |
Postal Code: | 81660 |
Mayor: | Christian Carayol[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Castres Mazamet |
Coordinates: | 43.5053°N 2.4067°W |
Elevation M: | 250 |
Elevation Min M: | 202 |
Elevation Max M: | 701 |
Area Km2: | 34.51 |
Pont-de-Larn (in French pronounced as /pɔ̃ də laʁn/; Occitan (post 1500);: Lo Pont de L'Arn) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. It is 2 kilometers from Mazamet in the Occitanie region.
The town is situated on the river Arn (a tributary of the Thoré) in the Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park at the foot of the Montagne Noire.
On the sunny side of the Thoré valley, Pont-de-Larn offers residents and guests the ambience of a "country town". There are guest houses and lodges in the vicinity, and marked hiking trails.
There is also a tennis club, stadiums, bowling and one of the oldest golf courses in the region, de la Barouge. The village offers a wide selection of shops, restaurants and services.
Pont-de-Larn can be the starting point for excursions to the Sidobre, the valley of the Orb and the Caroux Lacaune.