Sorèze

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Sorèze

(2020–2026) Marie-Lise Housseau^[1]Area

41.64 km² (16.08 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,963 • Density71/km² (180/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

81288 /81540

Elevation204–781 m (669–2,562 ft)
(avg. 272 m or 892 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sorèze (French pronunciation: [sɔʁɛz]; Occitan: Sorese^[3]) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,613	—
1975	1,672	+0.51%
1982	1,654	−0.15%
1990	1,954	+2.11%
1999	2,164	+1.14%
2007	2,550	+2.07%
2012	2,675	+0.96%
2017	2,836	+1.18%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Catalan: Sorese
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE