Saint-Amans-Soult Explained

Saint-Amans-Soult
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Saint-Amans-Soult (Tarn).svg
Arrondissement:Castres
Canton:Mazamet-2 Vallée du Thoré
Insee:81238
Postal Code:81240
Mayor:Jérôme Cros[1]
Term:2024 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA Castres Mazamet
Coordinates:43.4778°N 2.4906°W
Elevation M:269
Elevation Min M:239
Elevation Max M:1172
Area Km2:24.87

Saint-Amans-Soult (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃t‿amɑ̃ sult/; Languedocien: Sant Amanç de Solt) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

The commune was formerly called Saint-Amans-la-Bastide. It was renamed in 1851, after Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult, who was born there in 1769. Marshal-General Soult, under the Emperor Napoleon, was later named as Duke of Dalmatia, and following the Emperor's permanent exile to St. Helena, enjoyed a long and fruitful career as a politician and diplomant under several early 19th century royalist and republican regimes in France. His son, Napoleon H. de Soult, arranged for the posthumous publication of his father's Memoires after 1851.

Geography

The Thoré forms the commune's northern border.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024. fr.