Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe

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.

Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe
Commune
An aerial view of Saint-Sulpice
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe
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Coordinates: 43°46′30″N 1°41′14″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  (2022)[2]	9,674
• 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.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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]

Transport

Saint-Sulpice station has rail connections to Toulouse, Rodez, Aurillac and Castres.

Remarkable places and monuments

• 
  Town hall
• 
  The suspension bridge over the Agout.
• 
  War memorial.
• 
  Dovecote from 1810
• 
  Church Notre-Dame
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  View of the nave

See also

• Communes of the Tarn department