Puylaurens
Commune in Occitania, France
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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.
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Coat of arms | |
 Location of Puylaurens | |
  Puylaurens  Puylaurens | |
| 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 (2023)[2] | 3,257 |
| • Density | 39.81/km2 (103.1/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. | |
Heraldry
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Argent, a laurel tree eradicated vert, on a chief azure three fleurs-de-lis or, supported by a fess of the same.
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Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 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] | ||
