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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Castres
|native name = {{nativename|oc|Castras}}
|commune status = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]]
|image = Castres 05.jpg
|caption = Houses by the [[Agout]]
|arrondissement = Castres
|canton = [[Canton of Castres-1|Castres-1]], [[Canton of Castres-2|2]] and [[Canton of Castres-3|3]]
|INSEE = 81065
|postal code = 81100
|demonym = Castrais
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Castres (Tarn).svg
|mayor = Pascal Bugis<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|party = [[Miscellaneous right|DVD]]
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = [[Communauté d'agglomération de Castres Mazamet|CA Castres Mazamet]]
|coordinates = {{coord|43.6000|2.2500|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 170
|elevation min m = 151
|elevation max m = 367
|area km2 = 98.17
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Castres''' ({{IPA|fr|kastʁ|lang|Fr-Castres.oga}}; ''Castras'' in the [[Languedocian dialect|Languedocian]] dialect of [[Occitan language|Occitan]]) is the sole [[Subprefectures in France|subprefecture]] of the [[Tarn (department)|Tarn]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Occitania (administrative region)|Occitanie]] [[Regions of France|region]] in [[Southern France]]. It lies in the former [[Provinces of France|province]] of [[Languedoc]], although not in the former region of [[Languedoc-Roussillon]]. In 2018, the [[Communes of France|commune]] had a population of 41,795.

Castres is the fourth-largest industrial centre of the predominantly rural former [[Midi-Pyrénées]] region after [[Toulouse]], [[Tarbes]] and [[Albi]], as well as the largest in the part of Languedoc lying between [[Toulouse]] and [[Montpellier]]. It is noted for being the birthplace of the famous [[Socialism|socialist]] leader [[Jean Jaurès]] (1859–1914) and home to the important [[Goya Museum]] of [[Spanish art|Spanish painting]].<ref>[http://www.amis-musees-castres.asso.fr/goya/anglais.htm Goya Museum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004061820/http://www.amis-musees-castres.asso.fr/goya/anglais.htm |date=2009-10-04 }}, [http://www.amis-musees-castres.asso.fr/ Les amis des Musées de Castres].</ref>

==Demographics==
In 1831, the population of Castres was 12,032, making it the largest town of the department of Tarn. One of the few industrial towns in the region of [[Albigeois]], the population of the [[commune in France|commune]] proper grew to 19,483 in 1901, and 34,126 by 1954. However, with the decline of its industries, population growth diminished. [[Albi]] surpassed Castres as the most populous metropolitan area of Tarn. The population of Castres reached its peak in 1975, after that it has been decreasing slowly.<ref name=pophist/> Castres is the centre of a [[Functional area (France)|functional urban area]] with 104,695 inhabitants (2019).

{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|7188|Castres}}</ref> and INSEE (1968–2017)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-81065#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |12327
|1800 |15171
|1806 |13717
|1831 |16418
|1836 |17602
|1841 |19225
|1846 |20651
|1851 |20815
|1856 |22062
|1861 |21538
|1866 |21357
|1872 |23461
|1876 |25856
|1881 |27408
|1886 |27427
|1891 |27509
|1896 |28204
|1901 |27308
|1906 |28272
|1911 |27830
|1921 |25943
|1926 |27028
|1931 |28084
|1936 |29133
|1946 |30781
|1954 |34126
|1962 |36978
|1968 |40457
|1975 |45978
|1982 |45578
|1990 |44812
|1999 |43496
|2007 |43347
|2012 |41529
|2017 |41636
}}

==Geography==
Castres is located at an altitude of {{convert|172|m|0|abbr=off}} [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]]. It is located {{convert|45|km|mi|abbr=on}} south-southeast of [[Albi]], the {{Lang|fr|[[préfecture]]}} (capital) of Tarn, and {{convert|79|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of [[Toulouse]], the capital of [[Occitania (administrative region)|Occitania]]. Castres is intersected from north to south by the rivers [[Agout]] and [[Durenque (river)|Durenque]].

The [[Thoré]] forms most of the commune's south-eastern border, then flows into the Agout, which forms part of its western border.

==Administration==
Between 1790 and 1797 Castres was the prefecture of Tarn.

Since 2001, the mayor of Castres has been [[Pascal Bugis]] (right, member of [[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]), who defeated the then [[French Socialist Party|socialist]] mayor in the 2001 election after a campaign focused on the bad records of the socialist mayor on fighting crime, and the high level of insecurity in the town.

Castres has teamed up with the nearby town of [[Mazamet]] ({{convert|22|km|0|abbr=off}} southeast of Castres) and the independent suburbs and villages in between to create the ''[[communauté d'agglomération]] de [[Communauté d'agglomération de Castres Mazamet|Castres Mazamet]]'', which was established in December 1999.<ref name=banatic>[https://www.banatic.interieur.gouv.fr/intercommunalite/248100430-ca-de-castres-mazamet CA de Castres Mazamet (N° SIREN : 248100430)], BANATIC, retrieved 17 October 2024.</ref> The ''communauté d'agglomération'' groups 14 independent [[commune in France|commune]]s (including Castres and Mazamet), with a total population of 78,101 inhabitants (2018), 54% of these living in the commune of Castres proper, 13% in the commune of Mazamet, and the rest in the communes in between.<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=EPCI-248100430+COM-81065+COM-81163 Comparateur de territoire], INSEE</ref>

The ''communauté d'agglomération'' was created in order to better coordinate transport, infrastructure, housing, and economic policies between the communes of the area. The current president of the ''communauté d'agglomération'' is Pascal Bugis, mayor of Castres.<ref name=banatic/>

==History==
[[File:Castres 1638.jpeg|thumb|right|Map showing Castres and the surrounding region, 1638.]]
The name of the town comes from [[Latin]] ''[[castrum]]'', and means "fortified place". Castres grew up round the [[Benedictine]] [[abbey]] of Saint Benoît, which is believed to have been founded in AD 647, possibly on the site of an old Roman fort (''castrum''). Castres became an important stop on the international [[Way of St James|pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela]] in Spain because its abbey-church, built in the 9th century, was keeping the [[relic]]s of [[Vincent of Saragossa|Saint Vincent]], the renowned [[martyr]] of Spain. It was a place of some importance as early as the 12th century, and ranked as the second town of the [[Albigeois]] behind [[Albi]]. Despite the decline of its abbey, which in 1074 came under the authority of Saint Victor abbey in [[Marseille]], Castres was granted a liberal charter in the 12th century by the famous [[Trencavel]] family, viscounts of Albi. Resulting from the charter, Castres was ruled by a college of consuls.

During the [[Albigensian Crusade]] it surrendered of its own accord to [[Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester|Simon de Montfort]], and thus entered into the kingdom of France in 1229. In 1317, [[Pope John XXII]] established the [[bishopric of Castres]]. In 1356, the town of Castres was raised to a countship by King [[John II of France]]. However, the town greatly suffered from the [[Black Plague]] in 1347-1348, then from the [[Black Prince]] of England and the [[Free Companies]] (bands of lawless mercenaries) who laid waste the country during the [[Hundred Years' War]]. Consequently, by the late 14th century Castres entered a period of sharp decline. In 1375, there were only 4,000 inhabitants left in town, only half the figure from a century before. Following the confiscation of the possessions of [[Jacques d'Armagnac]], duke of Nemours, to which the countship of Castres had passed, it was bestowed in 1476 by King [[Louis XI]] on [[Boffille de Juge]] (Boffillo del Giudice), an Italian nobleman and adventurer serving as a diplomat for Louis XI, but the appointment led to so much disagreement (family feud between Boffille de Juge, his only daughter, and his brother-in-law) that the countship was united to the crown by King [[Francis I of France|Francis I]] in 1519.

[[File:Castres (Tarn, Fr) Hotel de ville et musée.JPG|thumb|left|The [[Palace of the Bishops of Castres]]]]
Around 1560, the majority of the population of Castres converted to Protestantism. In the wars of the latter part of the 16th century the inhabitants sided with the [[Protestant]] party, fortified the town, and established an independent republic. Castres was one of the largest Protestant strongholds in southern France, along with [[Montauban]] and [[La Rochelle]]. Henry of Navarre, leader of the Protestant party, who later became King [[Henry IV of France]], stayed in Castres in 1585. The Protestants of Castres were brought to terms, however, by King [[Louis XIII]] in 1629, and [[Cardinal Richelieu|Richelieu]] came himself to Castres to have its fortifications dismantled. Nonetheless, after these religious wars, the town, now in peace, enjoyed a period of rapid expansion. Business and traditional commercial activities revived, in particular fur and leather-dressing, tanning, and above all wool trade. Culture flourished anew, with the founding of the Academy of Castres in 1648. Castres was turned by the Catholic Church into an active center of [[Counter-Reformation]], with the establishments of several convents in town, and the building of the [[Palace of the Bishops of Castres]] by Monsignor Tubœuf, still the most famous monument in town today, completed in 1673.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ville-castres.fr/contenus/_contenus.php?clef=histoire |title=Le Patrimoine|publisher=Town of Castres |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402104227/http://www.ville-castres.fr/contenus/_contenus.php?clef=histoire|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>

A new cathedral was also built, after the destructions of the religious wars. Perhaps even more important, Castres was made the seat of the ''Chambre de l'Édit'' of the Parliament of [[Toulouse]], a court of justice detached from the Parliament of [[Toulouse]] and in charge of dealing with the cases involving the Protestants of [[Languedoc]], a measure of protection granted to them by the [[Edict of Nantes]]. This court attracted much business to Castres. In 1665, there were 7,000 inhabitants in Castres, 4,000 of whom Catholic, and 3,000 Protestant.

In 1670 however, the ''Chambre de l'Édit'' was transferred to [[Castelnaudary]], much to the discontent of even the catholic citizens of Castres, who lost a major source of business and revenue with the departure of the lawyers and the plaintiffs. The [[Revocation of the Edict of Nantes]] soon followed, and Castres suffered greatly when many Protestants chose to go into exile. Then came the plague of 1720-1721 and the fire of 1724. Last but not least, Castres lost its liberal charter in 1758. In the 1760s, a few years after the famous [[Jean Calas|Calas Affair]] in [[Toulouse]], Castres made the headlines nationwide: [[Pierre-Paul Sirven]] and his wife, both Protestants, were wrongly accused of having murdered their daughter in order to prevent her from converting to Catholicism. Tried and sentenced to death ''in absentia'' on March 29, 1764, they were defended by [[Voltaire]], and eventually exonerated in 1771.

The outbreak of the [[French Revolution]] was generally welcomed in Castres, particularly among the local Protestant merchants and entrepreneurs, but the majority of the population remained moderate during the whole period. In 1793 for instance, Protestant pastor Alba La Source, Castres' representative at the [[National Convention|Convention]] in Paris, opposed the deportation of "non-juror" Catholic priests to [[French Guiana]], where death in the horrid jungle was certain (see [[Civil Constitution of the Clergy]]). "Non-juror" priests were by far the majority in the region of Castres. Accused of being a moderate, Alba La Source was [[guillotine]]d in October 1793. Suspected of being lukewarm toward the revolution, Castres was duly chastised. The bishopric which had been established by [[Pope John XXII]] in 1317 was abolished, Castres later becoming part of the [[bishopric of Albi]]. Capital of the ''{{lang|fr|département}}'' of Tarn in 1790, the town was downgraded to capital of an [[French arrondissements|arrondissement]] in 1797, Albi being made the capital of the ''{{lang|fr|département}}''.

Despite these setbacks, in the 19th century the economy of Castres developed greatly, and the town grew outside of its old medieval center. As early as 1815, the first mechanized wool mill was set up in town. Originally specialized in luxury cloth, the Castres textile industry then turned toward more ordinary types of cloth, whose markets were considerably larger. Around 1860, there were 50 wool mills in town, employing 3,000 people. In the end of the 19th century, mechanical engineering industries appeared beside the textile industry, which led to Castres becoming a major arsenal for the French army during the [[World War I|First World War]]. Castres was linked to the French railway network in 1865. At the end of the 19th century, Castres was the largest town in the ''{{lang|fr|département}}'' of Tarn, with 5,000 more inhabitants than Albi.

However, in the 20th century the town entered a new period of decline. Although Castres emerged from the two world wars unscathed, no military operations or combats taking place in southwest France, the local economy has been hard hit by change. Like so many towns and cities of Europe which had benefited most from the [[Industrial Revolution]], Castres is experiencing a difficult restructuring of its industrial base. Textile has particularly suffered. Castres is also crippled by its geographical location, isolated in a dead end at the foot of the [[Massif Central]] mountains, away from the main exchange and transport routes. Castres is still not connected to the motorway (freeway) network of France, the only town of that size in France not yet connected. The creation of the [[Greater Castres-Mazamet Council]] in 2000 was expected to deal with the transport problem, and to work on attracting new industries. The good fortune of Castres is to be located only {{convert|79|km|mi}} away from the very dynamic [[Toulouse]]. The long-promised motorway link with Toulouse is due to be completed soon, and Castres hopes to benefit from its proximity with the big Occitan city.

== Social housing ==
In the Laden-Petit-Train district. Demolition of the apartment block located on Boulevard Albert 1er will begin on September 19, 2025. New housing, including single-family homes, and a new road will be built.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lejournaltoulousain.fr/occitanie/tarn/castres/debut-demolition-immeuble-boulevard-albert-1er-castres-voici-remplacera-336554/ |title=Début de la démolition de l’immeuble boulevard Albert 1er à Castres, ce qui le remplacera |work=Le Journal Toulousain |date=18 September 2025|access-date=19 September 2025}}</ref>
==Economy==
The principal industries are mechanical and electrical engineering, machine tools, wooden furniture, granite, textile, fur and leather-dressing, tanning, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and selective breeding of cows.

Traditional and polluting industries such as textile, tanning, fur and leather-dressing, or chemicals, are in sharp decline. However, a multinational pharmaceutical group ([[Pierre Fabre Group]]) emerged in the town in the 1960s, and it has kept its headquarters and R&D division in the metropolitan area, helping to counterbalance the general decline in industry. Some now accuse its founder and president, Pierre Fabre, of being the real "master" of Castres, making and designating Castres' mayors at will.

===Transport===

The [[Gare de Castres]] railway station is served by regional trains to Mazamet and Toulouse.

==People==
Castres is the hometown of [[socialist]] politician and newspaper publisher [[Jean Jaurès]] (1859–1914), who was murdered in Paris the day before the start of the [[World War I|First World War]].

Mathematician [[Pierre de Fermat]] died in Castres in 1665, while attending a session of the ''Chambre de l'Édit'' there.

French writer [[Roger Peyrefitte]] was born into a wealthy family of Castres in 1907.

Former French [[football (soccer)|football]]er [[Claude Puel]] was also born in Castres.

Other people born in the city include:
*[[Guilhabert de Castres]] - Cathar bishop
*[[Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult]] - Politician and marshal during the Napoleonic wars
*[[André Dacier]] - Scholar
*[[John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier]] - British general
*[[Paul de Rapin]] - Historian
*[[Roger Peyrefitte]] - Diplomat and author
*[[Claude Puel]] - Football player and manager
*[[Charles Blanc]] - Art critic
*[[Yannick Jauzion]] - Rugby union player
*[[Clément Poitrenaud]] - Rugby union player
*[[Pierre Camara]] - Athlete
*[[Pierre-Paul Sirven]] - philosopher
*[[Maryline Salvetat]] - cyclist.
*[[Guillaume Borne]] - footballer
*[[Maurice Gabolde]] - Minister of Justice in the Vichy regime of Philippe Petain
*[[Lore Baudrit]] - ice hockey player

Residents of Castres include:
*[[Paul Pellisson]] - Author
*[[Anne Lefèvre]] - Scholar
*[[Jean Bon Saint-André]] - Politician during the Revolution era
*[[Bernard Gui|Bernardo Gui]] - Inquisitor
*[[Philip of Montfort, Lord of Castres]] - Nobleman
*[[Boffille de Juge]] - Statesman
*[[Vincent Baron]] - Theologian
*[[Pierre de Fermat]] - Mathematician
*[[Kees Meeuws]] - Rugby union player
*[[Christophe Farnaud]] - French ambassador to Greece
*[[Hans Bellmer]] - Artist

==Main sights==
Castres is intersected from north to south by the river [[Agout]]. The river is fringed by old houses the upper stories of which project over its waters.
[[File:Cathedrale de Castres.JPG|250px|thumb|Cathedral of Saint Benoît in Castres]]
The [[Castres Cathedral|church of Saint Benoît]], once the cathedral of Castres, and the most important of the churches of Castres today, dates only from the 17th and 18th centuries. The city hall occupies the former bishop's palace, designed in the 17th century by [[Jules Hardouin-Mansart]] (the architect of [[Palace of Versailles|Versailles]]), and with gardens designed by [[André Le Nôtre]] (the designer of the gardens in Versailles). The [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] tower beside it (''Tour Saint Benoît'') is the only survival of the old Benedictine abbey. The town possesses some old mansions from the 16th and 17th century, including the ''Hôtel de Nayrac'', of the [[Renaissance]].

Castres possesses the renowned [[Francisco Goya|Goya]] Museum, created in 1840, which contains the largest collection of Spanish paintings in France. A Jaurès Museum was also opened in 1954 in the house where [[Jean Jaurès]] was born in 1859.

The [[Jardin botanique Pierre Fabre "La Michonne"]] is a private [[botanical garden]] and conservatory that can be visited.

== Tourism labels ==
The commune has been awarded the "Commune à découvrir<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heritage, culture and terroir of Castres from A to Z. |url=https://missionfranceguichet.fr/en/tourism-culture-heritage-commune-castres-81#mfg-label |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=MFG |language=en}}</ref>" tourism and heritage label. In 2024, it obtained 2.5 clocks.

== Sports ==
As one might expect of a town of western [[Occitania]] nicknamed ''Ovalie'', the main sport in Castres is [[rugby union]], followed religiously by many locals. The local professional club is ''[[Castres Olympique]]'', who are five-time champions of France (in 1949, 1950, 1993, 2013 and 2018). ''Castres Olympique'' was the property of local tycoon [[Pierre Fabre (businessman)|Pierre Fabre]], founder and president of [[Pierre Fabre Group]].

The finish of Stage 12 of the [[2007 Tour de France]] was in Castres.

== Education ==
* [[Jean-François Champollion University Center for Teaching and Research]]

==Cinema==

Castres is the place where a [[Festival du film Court de Castres|short film festival]] occurs each year.<ref>[http://www.festival-castres.fr The Castres Short Film Festival]</ref>

==Medias==

The city happened to see the birth of its first student radio ([[:fr:RADIOM|RADIOM]]) in 2007.<ref>[http://www.radiom.fr The student radio RADIOM]</ref>

==Twin towns==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}
Castres is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Linares, Jaén|Linares]], [[Spain]]
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Wakefield]], [[England]]<ref name="Wakefield twinning">{{cite web|url=http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/TownTwinning/twintowns.htmclick |title=Wakefield's twin towns |access-date=2013-07-14 |work=Wakefield City Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017025315/http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/TownTwinning/twintowns.htmclick |archive-date=2013-10-17 }}</ref><ref name="Archant twinning 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |title=British towns twinned with French towns ''[via WaybackMachine.com]'' |access-date=2013-07-12 |work=Archant Community Media Ltd |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705094933/http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |archive-date=July 5, 2013 }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|RWA}} [[Butare]], [[Rwanda]]

==Climate==

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|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Castres (1992–2010 normals, extremes 1992–2012)
|Jan record high C = 19.3
|Feb record high C = 24.6
|Mar record high C = 28.5
|Apr record high C = 31.7
|May record high C = 34.0
|Jun record high C = 39.3
|Jul record high C = 40.8
|Aug record high C = 43.0
|Sep record high C = 38.1
|Oct record high C = 30.8
|Nov record high C = 24.4
|Dec record high C = 21.5
|Jan record low C = -7.9
|Feb record low C = -12.0
|Mar record low C = -9.0
|Apr record low C = -1.5
|May record low C = 2.5
|Jun record low C = 4.5
|Jul record low C = 8.4
|Aug record low C = 6.6
|Sep record low C = 4.0
|Oct record low C = -2.0
|Nov record low C = -7.4
|Dec record low C = -9.5
|Jan high C = 10.2
|Feb high C = 11.8
|Mar high C = 15.7
|Apr high C = 18.4
|May high C = 22.7
|Jun high C = 26.7
|Jul high C = 29.4
|Aug high C = 29.7
|Sep high C = 25.2
|Oct high C = 20.1
|Nov high C = 13.5
|Dec high C = 10.1
| year high C = 19.5
|Jan mean C = 6.6
|Feb mean C = 7.5
|Mar mean C = 10.3
|Apr mean C = 12.9
|May mean C = 17.2
|Jun mean C = 20.7
|Jul mean C = 23.0
|Aug mean C = 23.2
|Sep mean C = 19.2
|Oct mean C = 15.5
|Nov mean C = 9.7
|Dec mean C = 6.7
| year mean C = 14.4
|Jan low C = 3.0
|Feb low C = 3.1
|Mar low C = 4.9
|Apr low C = 7.4
|May low C = 11.7
|Jun low C = 14.8
|Jul low C = 16.6
|Aug low C = 16.7
|Sep low C = 13.1
|Oct low C = 10.9
|Nov low C = 5.9
|Dec low C = 3.4
| year low C = 9.3
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 70.2
|Feb precipitation mm = 53.6
|Mar precipitation mm = 59.7
|Apr precipitation mm = 90.4
|May precipitation mm = 86.8
|Jun precipitation mm = 79.1
|Jul precipitation mm = 40.9
|Aug precipitation mm = 64.2
|Sep precipitation mm = 71.6
|Oct precipitation mm = 75.1
|Nov precipitation mm = 81.1
|Dec precipitation mm = 76.4
|year precipitation mm = 849.1
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 10.8
| Feb precipitation days = 9.1
| Mar precipitation days = 8.3
| Apr precipitation days = 10.8
| May precipitation days = 9.3
| Jun precipitation days = 7.6
| Jul precipitation days = 5.9
| Aug precipitation days = 7.0
| Sep precipitation days = 7.1
| Oct precipitation days = 9.5
| Nov precipitation days = 11.1
| Dec precipitation days = 10.4
| year precipitation days =106.7
|source 1 = Meteociel<ref>{{cite web
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|title=Normales et records pour Castres (81)
|publisher=Meteociel
|access-date=14 December 2024}}</ref>}}

==See also==
* [[Castres-Mazamet Airport]]
* [[Communes of the Tarn department]]
* [[Tourism in Tarn]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Castres}}
*[http://www.ville-castres.fr/ City Hall of Castres official website] {{in lang|fr}}
*[http://www.castres-mazamet.com/ Greater Castres-Mazamet Council official website] {{in lang|fr}}
*[http://declicoccinelle.over-blog.com/ Photographe maternité mariage Castres] {{in lang|fr}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040824083937/http://www.castres-mazamet.cci.fr/ Chamber of Commerce of Castres-Mazamet] {{in lang|fr}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040821025734/http://www.castres-olympique.fr/ Castres Olympique Rugby Club website] {{in lang|fr}}
*[http://www.antoniomucherino.it/en/photoalbum.php See pictures from Antonio Mucherino's web site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303164044/http://www.antoniomucherino.it/en/photoalbum.php |date=2012-03-03 }}

{{Tarn communes}}

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[[Category:Communes of Tarn (department)]]
[[Category:Subprefectures in France]]
[[Category:Languedoc]]

Francis Cabrel

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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Francis Cabrel
| alias =
| background = solo_singer
| image = Francis Cabrel, 2009 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Cabrel in 2009
| birth_name = Francis Christian Cabrel
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1953|11|23}}
| birth_place = [[Agen]], [[Lot-et-Garonne]], France
| origin =
| genre = [[Folk music|Folk]], [[Country music|country]], [[blues]]
| occupation = Singer, songwriter, guitarist
| years_active = 1974–present
| label = [[CBS Records International|CBS]], [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
}}

'''Francis Christian Cabrel''' ({{IPA|fr|fʁɑ̃sis kʁistjɑ̃ kabʁɛl}}; born 23 November 1953) is a French singer-songwriter, composer and guitarist.<ref>{{Cite book|title=La chanson française depuis 1945: intertextualité et intermédialité|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wa84AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Francis+Cabrel%22|isbn=978-3-89975-135-2|last1 = Enderlein|first1 = Isabelle|year = 2008| publisher=M. Meidenbauer }}</ref> Considered one of the most influential French musical artists of all time, he has released a number of albums falling mostly within the realm of [[Folk music|folk]], with occasional forays into [[blues]] or [[Country music|country]]. Several of his songs, such as "[[L'Encre de tes yeux]]", "Je l'aime à mourir", "Petite Marie", "La Dame de Haute-Savoie", "Encore et encore", "Il faudra leur dire", "Sarbacane", "C'est écrit", "Je t'aimais, je t'aime, je t'aimerai" and "La corrida", have become enduring favourites in French music. Since the start of his career, Cabrel has sold over 25 million albums.

His first hit song was "Petite Marie" in 1974, which was about the woman who soon became his wife, Mariette.<ref>Source in French: Perrine Stenger for Voici. 8 April 2015.</ref> His song "Je l'aime à mourir" was covered by [[Shakira]]; this version, both sung in French and Spanish, became a major hit single.<ref>[http://www.voici.fr/news-people/actu-people/francis-cabrel-les-secrets-de-son-couple-devoiles-557573 Francis Cabrel : les secrets de son couple dévoilés]</ref> His song ''Edition Spéciale'' was featured in the 1987 film [[Broadcast_News_(film)|Broadcast News]] starring [[Holly Hunter]], [[Albert Brooks]] and [[William Hurt]].

Although Francis Cabrel is best known as a French-speaking singer, he also sings in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ("La quiero a morir", "Vengo a ofrecer mi corazón"), and even a little in [[Occitan language|Occitan]] ("Giors", "Rockstars du Moyen Âge") and [[Italian language|Italian]].

An [[Unauthorized biography|unauthorised biography]] was published in 2015. Cabrel, who is one of the most private French singers, attempted to have the book suppressed.<ref>Source in French: Marc Fourny for Le Point. 30 April 2015. [http://www.lepoint.fr/people/francis-cabrel-embarrasse-sur-sa-vie-privee-30-04-2015-1925300_2116.php Francis Cabrel embarrassé sur sa vie privée]</ref>

Francis Cabrel brings support, with the song "Un gramme de terre" with multilingual interpreters to accompany the documentary "Une langue de plus".<ref>Source in French: Jean-Michel Selva for Sud-ouest. 18 septembre 2025. [https://www.sudouest.fr/culture/francis-cabrel/francis-cabrel-s-implique-pour-defendre-les-langues-regionales-25965384.php Francis Cabrel s’implique pour défendre les langues régionales]</ref>

==Biography==
Francis Cabrel was born in [[Agen]], [[Lot-et-Garonne]] into a modest family of Venetian [[Veneto]]
descent. His father was a labourer in a biscuit factory and his mother a cashier in a cafeteria. He has a sister, Martine, and a brother, Philippe. He spent his childhood in [[Astaffort]], in [[Lot-et-Garonne]].<ref>[http://www.franciscabrel.com/biographie Cabrel official website], franciscabrel.com; accessed 21 June 2015.</ref>

== Albums ==
=== Studio albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;" | Album details
! scope="col" colspan="7" | Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Sales
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL (Fl)]] <ref name="FL">{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Francis+Cabrel#charts|title=Discografie Francis Cabrel|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=nl|access-date=12 December 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL (Wa)]] <ref name="WA">{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Francis+Cabrel#charts|title=Discographie Francis Cabrel|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=fr|access-date=12 December 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[ADISQ|QUE]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Romandy|ROD]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]
|-
! scope="row" | ''Les Murs de poussière''{{efn|''Les Murs de poussière'' was originally released as ''Francis Cabrel''.}}
|
*Released: 1977
*Label: [[CBS Records International|CBS]]
*Format: [[LP record|LP]] • [[Compact Cassette|cassette]]
| — || colspan="2"| — || — || — || — || —
|
*[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]: Platinum<ref name="info disc">{{cite web|url=https://www.infodisc.fr/Album_Certification_Liste.php|publisher=Info Disc|title=Les Certifications & Les Ventes|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref>
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Les Chemins de traverse''
|
*Released: 1979
*Label: CBS
*Format: LP • cassette
| 2 || colspan="2"| — || — || — || — || —
|
*FRA: 2× Platinum<ref name="snep"/>
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Fragile''
|
*Released: 20 May 1980
*Label: CBS
*Format: LP • cassette
| 2 || colspan="2"| — || — || — || — || —
|
*FRA: Diamond<ref name="snep">{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/les-disques-dor/?awards_cat=0&awards_awd=0&awards_year=0&awards_artist=cabrel&awards_title=&awards_edit_distrib=&awards_sort=date_certif-desc&awards_nb=30&submitAdvanced=Rechercher|publisher=SNEP|title=Les Certifications|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref>
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Carte postale''
|
*Released: 14 September 1981
*Label: CBS
*Format: LP • cassette
| — || colspan="2"| — || — || 15 || — || —
|
*FRA: 2× Platinum<ref name="snep"/>
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Quelqu'un de l'intérieur''
|
*Released: 25 August 1983
*Label: CBS
*Format: LP • cassette • [[Compact disc|CD]]
| — || colspan="2"| — || — || 1 || — || —
|
*FRA: 2× Platinum<ref name="info disc"/>
*[[Music Canada|CAN]]: Gold
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Photos de voyages''
|
*Released: 9 October 1985
*Label: CBS
*Format: LP • cassette • CD
| 6 || colspan="2"| — || — || 1 || — || —
|
*FRA: 2× Platinum<ref name="snep"/>
*CAN: Gold<ref name="mc">{{cite web|url=https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?fwp_gp_search=patrick%20watson&_gp_search=cabrel|title=Gold/Platinum|date=31 May 1990 |publisher=Music Canada|access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref>
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Sarbacane''
|
*Released: 21 February 1989
*Label: CBS
*Format: LP • cassette • CD
| 1 || colspan="2"| — || — || 1 || — || —
|
*FRA: Diamond<ref name="info disc"/>
*CAN: 2× Platinum<ref name="mc"/>
*[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|SWI]]: Platinum<ref name="hit parade"/>
|
*WW: 2,000,000<ref name="cif">{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Francis-Cabrel/news-109624.html|publisher= Charts in France|title=Francis Cabrel raconte l'album "Sarbacane", qui fête ses 30 ans|first=Théau|last=Berthelot|date=17 March 2019|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Samedi soir sur la Terre''
|
*Released: 3 April 1994
*Label: [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
*Format: LP • cassette • CD • [[MiniDisc]]
| 1 || colspan="2"| 1 || — || 1 || — || —
|
*FRA: Diamond<ref name="snep"/>
*[[Belgian Entertainment Association|BEL]]: 4× Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/or-platine/2008/albums|publisher=Ultra Top|title=Gold/platinum 2008|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref>
*CAN: 2× Platinum<ref name="mc"/>
*SWI: 2× Platinum<ref name="hit parade">{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=cabrel|publisher=Hit Parade|title=Gold/platinum|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref>
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Hors-saison''
|
*Released: 29 March 1999
*Label: Columbia
*Format: LP • cassette • CD • [[Music download|digital download]]
| 1 || — || 1 || — || 1 || — || —
|
*FRA: Diamond<ref name="snep"/>
*BEL: 2× Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/or-platine/2003/albums | title=Les disques d'or/de platine - albums 2003 | language=fr |publisher=Ultra Top|trans-title=Gold/platinum 2003|access-date=13 June 2019}}</ref>
*CAN: Gold<ref name="mc"/>
*SWI: Platinum<ref name="hit parade"/>
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Les Beaux Dégâts''
|
*Released: 17 May 2004
*Label: Columbia
*Format: LP • CD • [[Super Audio CD|SACD]] • digital download
| 1 || 75 || 1 || 9 || 2 || — || 3
|
*FRA: 2× Platinum<ref name="snep"/>
*BEL: Gold<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/or-platine/2004/albums|publisher=Ultra Top|title=Gold/platinum 2004|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref>
*SWI: Gold<ref name="hit parade"/>
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Des roses et des orties''
|
*Released: 31 March 2008
*Label: Columbia
*Format: LP • CD • digital download
| 1 || 81 || 1 || 5 || 3 || — || 3
|
*FRA: Diamond<ref name="snep"/>
*BEL: 2× Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/or-platine/2009/albums|publisher=Ultra Top|title=Gold/platinum 2009|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref>
*SWI: Platinum<ref name="hit parade"/>
|
*FRA: 800,000<ref name="cif2">{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Francis-Cabrel/news-99039.html|publisher= Charts in France|title=Francis Cabrel toujours au top : 300.000 ventes pour son nouvel album "In Extremis"|first= Jonathan|last=Hamard|date=26 September 2015|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Vise le ciel ou Bob Dylan revisité''
|
*Released: 22 October 2012
*Label: Columbia
*Format: LP • CD • digital download
| 1 || 63 || 1 || — || 14 || 3 || 10
|
*FRA: 2× Platinum<ref name="snep"/>
*BEL: Gold<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/or-platine/2012/albums|publisher=Ultra Top|title=Gold/platinum 2012|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref>
|
*FRA: 120,000<ref name="cif2"/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''In extremis''
|
*Released: 27 April 2015
*Label: Columbia
*Format: LP • CD • digital download
| 1 || 81 || 1 || 5 || 3 || — || 3
|
*FRA: 3× Platinum<ref name="snep"/>
*BEL: Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/or-platine/2015/albums|publisher=Ultra Top|title=Gold/platinum 2015|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref>
|
*FRA: 300,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Francis-Cabrel/news-98126.html|publisher= Charts in France|title=Clip de "Dur comme fer" : Francis Cabrel égratigne les politiques français|first= Jonathan|last=Hamard|date=20 July 2015|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''À l'Aube revenant''
|
*Released: 16 October 2020
*Label: Columbia
*Format: LP • CD • digital download
| 1 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?semaine=43?&annee=2020&categorie=Top%20Albums|title=Top Albums (Week 43, 2020)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=fr|access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref> || 49 || 1 || — || — || — || 1
|
|
|-
| colspan="11" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

=== Live albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of live albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;" | Album details
! scope="col" colspan="7" | Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Sales
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL (Fl)]] <ref name="FL"/>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL (Wa)]] <ref name="WA"/>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[ADISQ|QUE]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Romandy|ROD]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]
|-
! scope="row" | ''Cabrel Public''
|
*Released: 16 November 1984
*Label: CBS
*Format: LP • cassette • CD
| — || colspan="2"| — || — || 1 || — || —
|
*FRA: 2× Platinum<ref name="info disc"/>
*CAN: Platinum<ref name="mc"/>
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''D'une ombre à l'Autre''
|
*Released: 30 September 1991
*Label: Columbia
*Format: LP • cassette • CD
| — || colspan="2"| — || — || 33 || — || —
|
*FRA: 2× Platinum<ref name="info disc"/>
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Double Tour (Électrique & Acoustique)''
|
*Released: 16 October 2000
*Label: Columbia
*Format: LP • CD • digital download
| 2 || — || 15 || — || 43 || — || —
|
*FRA: 2× Gold<ref name="info disc"/>
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''La tournée des Bodegas''
|
*Released: 21 November 2005
*Label: Columbia
*Format: LP • CD • CD/[[DVD]] • digital download
| 15 || — || 21 || — || — || — || 63
|
*FRA: Gold<ref name="snep"/>
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''L'In Extremis Tour''
|
*Released: 14 October 2016
*Label: [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony]]
*Format: LP • CD • CD/DVD • digital download
| 4 || 110 || 3 || — || — || 4 || 16
|
*FRA: Gold<ref name="snep"/>
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Trobador Tour''
|
*Released: 3 December 2021
*Label: Sony
*Format: LP • CD • CD/DVD • digital download
| 16 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?semaine=49?&annee=2021&categorie=Top%20Albums|title=Top Albums (Week 49, 2021)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=French|access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref> || — || 7 || — || — || — || —
|
|
|-
| colspan="11" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

=== Compilation albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;" | Album details
! scope="col" colspan="7" | Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Sales
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL (Fl)]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL (Wa)]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[ADISQ|QUE]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Romandy|ROD]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]
|-
! scope="row" | ''Canta en Español''
|
*Released: 1985
*Label: CBS
*Format: LP • cassette • CD
| — || colspan="2"| — || — || — || — || —
|
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Cabrel 77-87''
|
*Released: 17 November 1987
*Label: CBS
*Format: LP • cassette • CD
| 28 || — || 12 || — || 19 || — || —
|
*BEL: 2× Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/or-platine/1997/albums|publisher=Ultra Top|title=Les Disques D'Or/De Platine - Albums 1997|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref>
*FRA: Diamond<ref name="snep"/>
*CAN: Gold<ref name="mc"/>
*SWI: Platinum<ref name="hit parade"/>
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Algo más de amor'' (1990)
|
*Released: 1990
*Label: CBS
*Format: LP • cassette • CD
| — || colspan="2"| — || — || — || — || —
|
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Algo más de amor'' (1998)
|
*Released: 6 April 1998
*Label: Colombia
*Format: LP • cassette • CD
| — || — || — || — || 27 || — || —
|
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''L'Essentiel 1977–2007''
|
*Released: 1 June 2007
*Label: Colombia
*Format: LP • CD • CD/DVD • digital download
| 44 || — || 1 || — || 3 || 13 || 13
|
*FRA: Platinum<ref name="snep"/>
*BEL: Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/or-platine/2013/albums%202013 |publisher=Ultra Top|title=Gold/platinum 2013|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref>
*CAN: Gold<ref name="mc"/>
*SWI: Gold<ref name="hit parade"/>
|
|-
| colspan="11" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

=== Box sets ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of box sets, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;" | Album details
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Sales
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]
|-
! scope="row" | ''Les Murs de poussière / Les Chemins de traverse / Fragile''
|
*Released: 4 November 1996
*Label: Columbia
*Format: CD
| —
|
*FRA: Platinum<ref name="info disc"/>
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Carte postale / Quelqu'un de l'intérieur / Photos de voyages''
|
*Released: 4 November 1996
*Label: Columbia
*Format: CD
| —
|
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Cabrel Public / Sarbacane / Samedi soir sur la Terre''
|
*Released: 7 October 2002
*Label: Sony
*Format: CD
| 193
|
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Collection 1977-1989''
|
*Released: 20 November 2015
*Label: Sony
*Format: CD
| —
|
|
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

== Singles ==
=== As lead artist ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" colspan="3" | Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Sales
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL (Wa)]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[ADISQ|QUE]]
|-
! scope="row"| "L'instant d'amour"
| rowspan="2"| 1977
| — || — || —
|
| rowspan="4"|''Francis Cabrel''
|-
! scope="row"| "Petite Marie"
| 137 || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Pas trop de peine"
| rowspan="2"| 1978
| — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Les Murs de poussière"
| — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Je l'aime à mourir]]"
| rowspan="2"| 1979
| 1 || — || —
|
* FRA: 600,000<ref name="cif"/>
| rowspan="2"|''Les Chemins de traverse''
|-
! scope="row"| "Je rêve"
| 15 || — || —
|
* FRA : 100 000<ref>{{Cite web|language=fr|url=http://top-france.fr/html/45tours/45t1979.htm|title=TOP 45 Tours - 1979|website=Top France|access-date=2024-07-16}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "L'Encre de tes yeux"
| rowspan="2"| 1980
| 5 || — || 13
|
* FRA : 400 000<ref name=top1980>{{Cite web|language=fr|url=http://top-france.fr/html/45tours/45t1980.htm|title=TOP 45 Tours - 1980|website=Top France|access-date=2024-07-16}}</ref>
| rowspan="3"|''Fragile''
|-
! scope="row"| "Je pense encore à toi"
| 18 || — || —
|
* FRA : 150 000<ref name=top1980/>
|-
! scope="row"| "La dame de Haute-Savoie"
| rowspan="2"| 1981
| — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Carte postale"
| — || — || —
|
| rowspan="2"|''Carte postale''
|-
! scope="row"| "Répondez-moi"
| 1982
| — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| "La fille qui m'accompagne"
| 1983
| — || — || —
|
| rowspan="3"|''Quelqu'un de l'intérieur''
|-
! scope="row"| "Saïd et Mohammed"
| rowspan="2"| 1984
| — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Question d'équilibre"
| — || — || 2
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Encore et encore"
| rowspan="2"| 1985
| 14 || — || 4
|
* FRA : 250 000<ref>{{Cite web|language=fr|url=http://top-france.fr/html/45tours/45t1986.htm|title=TOP 45 Tours - 1986|website=Top France|access-date=2024-07-16}}</ref>
| rowspan="3"|''Photos de voyages''
|-
! scope="row"| "Tourner les hélicos"
| — || — || 17
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Je te suivrai"
| rowspan="2"| 1986
| — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Il faudra leur dire" (Cabrel and the children)
| 2 || — || 1
|
* FRA : 500 000<ref>{{Cite web|language=fr|url=http://top-france.fr/html/45tours/45t1987.htm|title=TOP 45 Tours - 1987|website=Top France|access-date=2024-07-16}}</ref>
| ''Cabrel 77-87''
|-
! scope="row"| "Sarbacane"
| rowspan="3"| 1989
| 30 || — || 1
|
| rowspan="4"|''Sarbacane''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[C'est écrit]]"
| 6 || — || 4
|
* FRA : 200 000<ref>{{Cite web|language=fr|url=http://top-france.fr/html/45tours/45t1989.htm|title=TOP 45 Tours - 1989|website=Top France|access-date=2024-07-16}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Animal"
| 31 || — || 1
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Tout le monde y pense"
| rowspan="2"| 1990
| 19 || — || —
|
* FRA : 60 000<ref name=top1991>{{Cite web|language=fr|url=http://top-france.fr/html/45tours/45t1991.htm|title=TOP 45 Tours - 1991|website=Top France|access-date=2024-07-16}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Petite Marie" (live)
| 5 || — || 8
|
* FRA : 100 000<ref name=top1991/>
| ''D'une ombre à l'autre''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Je t'aimais, je t'aime, je t'aimerai]]"
| rowspan="3"| 1994
| 78 || — || 1
|
| rowspan="5"|''Samedi soir sur la Terre''
|-
! scope="row"| "La cabane du pêcheur"
| — || — || 1
|
|-
! scope="row"| "La Corrida"
| 7 || — || 3
|
* FRA : 75 000<ref>{{Cite web|language=fr|url=http://top-france.fr/html/45tours/45t1994.htm|title=TOP 45 Tours - 1994|website=Top France|access-date=2024-07-16}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Octobre"
| rowspan="2"| 1995
| 88 || — || 1
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Samedi soir sur la Terre"
| — || — || 14
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Vengo a ofrecer mi corazón" (with [[Mercedes Sosa]])
| 1997
| — || 39 || —
|
| ''Algo más de amor'' (1998)
|-
! scope="row"| "Presque rien"
| rowspan="3"| 1999
| — || — || 8
|
| rowspan="4"|''Hors-saison''
|-
! scope="row"| "Le reste du temps"
| — || — || 1
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Hors-saison"
| 133 || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Le monde est sourd"
| rowspan="2"| 2000
| — || — || 2
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Ma place dans le trafic" (live)
| — || — || —
|
| ''Double Tour''
|-
! scope="row"| "Bonne nouvelle"
| rowspan="3"| 2004
| — || — || 7
|
| rowspan="4"|''Les Beaux Dégâts''
|-
! scope="row"| "Qu'est-ce que t'en dis?"
| — || — || 9
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Tu me corresponds"
| — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Les gens absents"
| rowspan="2"| 2005
| — || — || 15
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Je pense encore à toi" (live)
| — || — || —
|
| ''La tournée des Bodegas''
|-
! scope="row"| "Gardien de nuit"
| 2006
| — || — || 40
|
| ''[[Le soldat rose|Le Soldat Rose]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Le gorille"
| 2007
| — || — || —
|
| ''L'Essentiel 1977-2007''
|-
! scope="row"| "La robe et l'échelle"
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| — || 2 || 11
|
| rowspan="4"|''Des roses et des orties''
|-
! scope="row"| "Le chêne liège"
| — || 31 || 34
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Des hommes pareils"
| rowspan="3"| 2009
| — || 22 || 21
|
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Born on the Bayou|Né dans le Bayou]]"
| — || — || 23
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Les cardinaux en costume" (live)
| — || 17{{efn|name=fn2|These songs did not enter the Ultratop 50 (Walloon), but rather the sales chart [[Ultratop#Ultratip|Ultratip 50.]]}}|| —
|
| {{n/a}}
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Just Like a Woman|Comme une femme]]"
| rowspan="2"| 2012
| 130 || 5{{efn|name=fn2}} || —
|
| rowspan="2"|''Vise le ciel ou Bob Dylan revisité''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I Want You (Bob Dylan song)|Je te veux]]"
| — || 26{{efn|name=fn2}} || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Partir pour rester"
| rowspan="3"|2015
| 42 || 39 || —
|
| rowspan="4"|''In extremis''
|-
! scope="row"| "Dur comme fer"
| — || 13{{efn|name=fn2}} || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| "À chaque amour que nous ferons"
| 141 || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Le pays d'à côté"
| 2016
| — || 28{{efn|name=fn2}} || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Te ressembler"
| 2020
|| 25 || — || —
|
| rowspan="4"|''À l'Aube revenant''
|-
! scope="row"| "Peuple des fontaines"
| rowspan="3"|2021
|| 144 || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| "À l'Aube revenant"
|| 88 || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Rockstars du Moyen Âge"
|| 98 || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Un morceau de Sicre"
| 2023
|| — || — || —
|
| {{n/a}}
|-
|colspan="7" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

=== As featured artist ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL (Wa)]]
|-
! scope="row"| "La complainte de la butte" (with [[Patrick Bruel]])
| 2002
| 48 || —
| ''Entre deux''
|-
! scope="row"| "Tout reste à faire" (with [[Souad Massi]])
| 2010
| — || 15{{efn|name=fn2}}
| ''Ô houria''
|-
! scope="row"| "Petite Marie" (with [[Umberto Tozzi]])
| 2012
| — || 25{{efn|name=fn2}}
| ''Yesterday: The Best of 1976-2012''
|-
! scope="row"| "Sueno" ([[Gipsy Kings]] featuring Francis Cabrel)
| 2014
| — || —
| ''[[Savor Flamenco]]''
|-
|colspan="5" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

== Other charted songs ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL (Wa)]]
|-
! scope="row"| "Madame n'aime pas"
| 2009
| — || 12{{efn|name=fn2}}
| ''Des roses et des orties''
|-
! scope="row"| "Les filles à quoi ça sert" (with [[Bénabar]], [[Jean-Jacques Goldman]] and [[Alain Souchon]])
| 2011
| — || 3{{efn|name=fn2}}
| ''[[Titeuf (film)|Titeuf]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Lucie" (with [[Nolwenn Leroy]])
| 2014
| 193 || —
| ''[[Kiss & Love (album)|Kiss & Love]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Mademoiselle l'aventure"
| 2015
| 150 || —
| ''Des roses et des orties''
|-
|colspan="5" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

==Videography==
* ''Sarbacane tour'' (1989)

==Footnotes==
{{reflist|group=lower-alpha}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.franciscabrel.com Official Francis Cabrel website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060421210135/http://www.rfimusique.com/siteEn/biographie/biographie_6104.asp Biography of Francis Cabrel], from [[Radio France Internationale]]

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