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  (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.

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
• 
  View of the nave

See also

• Communes of the Tarn department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Décret n° 2013-986 5 November 2013 (in French)
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE