Puygouzon

Puygouzon
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Puygouzon
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Coordinates: 43°53′35″N 2°10′12″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Albi
Canton	Albi-2
Intercommunality	CA Albigeois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Dufour[1]
Area ^1	19.96 km^2 (7.71 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,540
• Density	180/km^2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	81218 /81990
Elevation	182–333 m (597–1,093 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Puygouzon (French pronunciation: [pɥiɡuzɔ̃]; Languedocien: Puòggoson) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Labastide-Dénat was merged into Puygouzon.[3]

Population

The population data below refer to the commune in its geography as of January 2023.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	920	—
1975	1,607	+8.29%
1982	2,221	+4.73%
1990	2,841	+3.13%
1999	2,961	+0.46%
2007	3,185	+0.92%
2012	3,327	+0.88%
2017	3,461	+0.79%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Tarn department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Arrêté préfectoral 11 July 2016 (in French)
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE