GAILLAC, town, south-western France, capital of an arron dissement in the department of Tarn, on the right bank of the Tarn, 15 m. W. of Albi on the railway from that city to Toulouse. Pop. (1931) 5,073. Gaillac grew up round the Benedictine abbey of St. Michel, founded in the loth century. The churches of St. Michel and St. Pierre, both dating from the 13th and 14th cen turies, have little architectural importance. The Maison Yversen, of the Renaissance, is remarkable for the rich carving of its doors. The public institutions include the sub-prefecture and a tribunal of first instance. Industries include the manufacture of bricks and tiles and there is a considerable trade in grain, flour, veget ables, dried plums, anise, coriander, etc., and in wine, the white and red wines having a high reputation.