Sorèze

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

Sorèze
Commune
An alley in Sorèze
Coat of arms
Location of Sorèze
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Coordinates: 43°27′14″N 2°04′02″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	La Montagne noire
Intercommunality	Lauragais-Revel-Sorezois
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Alain Schmidt[1]
Area 1	41.64 km2 (16.08 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,978
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	81288 /81540
Elevation	204–781 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.

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]

See also

• Communes of the Tarn department