Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe | |
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Coordinates: 43°46′30″N 1°41′14″E / 43.775°N 1.6872°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Tarn |
Arrondissement | Castres |
Canton | Les Portes du Tarn |
Intercommunality | Tarn-Agout |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Raphaël Bernardin [1] |
Area 1 | 23.99 km2 (9.26 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 9,576 |
• Density | 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
81271 /81370 |
Elevation | 95–195 m (312–640 ft) (avg. 112 m or 367 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sylpis la pwɛ̃t], before 2013: Saint-Sulpice; Languedocien: Sant Somplesi) [3] is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. During World War 2 a concentration camp was built in this town.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 2,841 | — |
1975 | 3,342 | +2.35% |
1982 | 3,877 | +2.14% |
1990 | 4,354 | +1.46% |
1999 | 4,801 | +1.09% |
2007 | 7,612 | +5.93% |
2012 | 8,327 | +1.81% |
2017 | 9,117 | +1.83% |
Source: INSEE [4] |
Saint-Sulpice station has rail connections to Toulouse, Rodez, Aurillac and Castres.