Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe

(2020–2026) Raphaël Bernardin^[1]Area

23.99 km² (9.26 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

9,576 • Density400/km² (1,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

81271 /81370

Elevation95–195 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.

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

References

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