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Tarn-et-Garonne

American  
[tar-ney-ga-rawn] / ˈtar neɪ gaˈrɔn /

noun

  1. a department in S France. 1,440 sq. mi. (3,730 sq. km). Montauban.


Tarn-et-Garonne British  
/ tarneɡarɔn /

noun

  1. a department of SW France, in Midi-Pyrénées region. Capital: Montauban. Pop: 214 488 (2003 est). Area: 3731 sq km (1455 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The 8.4 million euro dam project here, designed by the local council of Tarn-et-Garonne, was aimed at creating an artificial lake to help irrigate lands for fewer than 100 local farmers.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2014

Parts of Gascony also now form arrondissements and cantons of the departments of Lot-et-Garonne, Haute-Garonne, Ari�ge and Tarn-et-Garonne.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

AVEYRON, a department of southern France, bounded N. by Cantal, E. by Loz�re and Card, S.W. by Tarn and W. by Tarn-et-Garonne and Lot.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

They form parts of the departments of Loz�re, Aveyron, Card, H�rault, Lot and Tarn-et-Garonne.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

Under the Revolution the departments formed from Guienne proper were those of Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne, Dordogne, Lot, Aveyron and the chief part of Tarn-et-Garonne.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

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