Puylaurens

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Puylaurens

(2020–2026) Jean-Louis Hormière^[1]Area

81.82 km² (31.59 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,204 • Density39/km² (100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

81219 /81700

Elevation147–372 m (482–1,220 ft)
(avg. 335 m or 1,099 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Puylaurens (French pronunciation: [pɥiloʁɑ̃s]; Occitan: Puèglaurenç) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. The poet Suzon de Terson was born here in 1657.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,936	—
1975	2,782	−0.77%
1982	2,778	−0.02%
1990	2,708	−0.32%
1999	2,792	+0.34%
2007	2,968	+0.77%
2012	3,239	+1.76%
2017	3,236	−0.02%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE