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{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Teyssode
|commune status     = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image              = Teyssode - Vue d'ensemble.JPG
|caption            = Teyssode and its surroundings
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Teyssode (Tarn).svg
|arrondissement     = Castres
|canton             = Plaine de l'Agoût
|INSEE              = 81299
|postal code        = 81220
|mayor              = Francis Moulet<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}</ref>
|term               = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality   = Lautrécois-Pays d'Agout
|coordinates        = {{coord|43.6506|1.9356|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m        = 288
|elevation min m    = 127
|elevation max m    = 327
|area km2           = 22.88
|population         = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
'''Teyssode''' ({{IPA|fr|tɛsɔd}}; [[Languedocien dialect|Languedocien]]: ''Teissòde'') is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Tarn (department)|Tarn]] [[Departments of France|department]] in southern [[France]].
== Geography ==
=== Localisation ===
Teyssode is located south-east of [[Lavaur, Tarn|Lavaur]], the main town nearby.
[[File:Map commune FR insee code 81299.png|thumb|center|300px|Map of Teyssode]]
=== Neighbouring communes ===
{{Geographic location
|width=auto
|Centre    = Teyssode
|North     = [[Viterbe, Tarn|Viterbe]]<br/>[[Fiac]]
|Northeast = [[Damiatte]]
|East      = [[Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux]]
|Southeast = [[Prades, Tarn|Prades]]
|South     = [[Magrin]]
|Southwest =
|West      = [[Massac-Seran]]<br/>[[Pratviel]]
|Northwest = [[Lavaur, Tarn|Lavaur]]
}}
== Toponymy ==
The name of Teyssode is of [[Gallo-Romance languages|gallo-romance]] origin, from the word ''taxo'' meaning [[European badger|badger]].<ref name=ccpa>[http://cc.pays.agout.free.fr/c%20teyssode.htm Teyssode] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127212947/http://cc.pays.agout.free.fr/c%20teyssode.htm |date=2012-01-27 }} on the website of the Intercommunality of the Pays d'Agout</ref>
== History ==
Teyssode is located on a former [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[oppidum]].
In 1824, Teyssode absorbed the neighbouring commune of Saint-Germier.
==See also==
*[[Communes of the Tarn department]]
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Teyssode}}
{{Tarn communes}}
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[[Category:Communes of Tarn (department)]]
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