Puylaurens

Puylaurens
Commune

Coat of arms
Puylaurens
Location within Occitanie region
Puylaurens
Coordinates: 43°34′22″N 2°00′46″E / 43.5728°N 2.0128°E / 43.5728; 2.0128Coordinates: 43°34′22″N 2°00′46″E / 43.5728°N 2.0128°E / 43.5728; 2.0128
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Tarn
Arrondissement Castres
Canton Le Pastel
Area1 81.82 km2 (31.59 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 2,996
  Density 37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Puylaurens (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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