Puylaurens

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

Puylaurens
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Puylaurens
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Coordinates: 43°34′22″N 2°00′46″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	Le Pastel
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Louis Hormière[1]
Area 1	81.82 km2 (31.59 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,212
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	81219 /81700
Elevation	147–372 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

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]

See also

• Communes of the Tarn department