Sorèze (French pronunciation: [sɔʁɛz]; Occitan: Sorese[3]) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.
Sorèze | |
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_ruelle_aux_colombages.JPG) An alley in Sorèze | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Sorèze  | |
  Sorèze  Sorèze | |
| Coordinates: 43°27′14″N 2°04′02″E / 43.4539°N 2.0672°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Tarn |
| Arrondissement | Castres |
| Canton | La Montagne noire |
| Intercommunality | Lauragais-Revel-Sorezois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marie-Lise Housseau[1] |
| Area 1 | 41.64 km2 (16.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,963 |
| • Density | 71/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 81288 /81540 |
| Elevation | 204–781 m (669–2,562 ft) (avg. 272 m or 892 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,613 | — |
| 1975 | 1,672 | +0.51% |
| 1982 | 1,654 | −0.15% |
| 1990 | 1,954 | +2.11% |
| 1999 | 2,164 | +1.14% |
| 2007 | 2,550 | +2.07% |
| 2012 | 2,675 | +0.96% |
| 2017 | 2,836 | +1.18% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Catalan: Sorese
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sorèze.
- Sorèze website (in French)
- Abbey-school of Sorèze (in French)
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