Mazamet

Mazamet
Panorama of Mazamet
Location of Mazamet
Mazamet
Mazamet
Coordinates: 43°29′34″N 2°22′27″E / 43.4928°N 2.3742°E / 43.4928; 2.3742
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentTarn
ArrondissementCastres
CantonMazamet-1 and Mazamet-2 Vallée du Thoré
IntercommunalityCA Castres Mazamet
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Olivier Fabre
Area
1
72.08 km2 (27.83 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
10,123
  Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
81163 /81200
Elevation213–1,176 m (699–3,858 ft)
(avg. 241 m or 791 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mazamet (French pronunciation: [mazamet]; Languedocien: Masamet) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

It is the second-largest component of the Castres-Mazamet metropolitan area.