Rabastens () is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. The historian Gustave de Clausade (1815–1888) was born in Rabastens of which he became mayor in 1848.

On 23 July 1570, during the French Wars of Religion, the troops of Blaise de Montluc took the town and massacred most of the Protestant garrison.

Population

Transport 
Rabastens-Couffouleux station has rail connections to Toulouse, Albi and Rodez.

See also 
Communes of the Tarn department

References 

Communes of Tarn (department)
World Heritage Sites in France