Tarn is a
département, number 81, in the
Midi-Pyrenees region in the south-west of
France, named after the
Tarn River[?].
Préfecture (administrative capital city): Albi
Sous-préfecture: Castres[?].
In the
Gor series of
science fiction novels by
John Norman, a
tarn is a giant bird of prey used as a riding animal.