Its INSEE code is 811 and its capital city is Albi.

[2] Its population is 195,484 (2021), and its area is 2,731.7 km2 (1,054.7 sq mi).

[4] The arrondissement of Albi is bordered to the north by the Tarn-et-Garonne (Occitanie) department, to the west by the Aveyron (Occitanie) department, to the south by the arrondissement of Castres and to the south by the Haute-Garonne (Occitanie) department.

[5] As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements.

The cantons of the arrondissement of Albi were, as of January 2015:[4]