Villemur-sur-Tarn

Villemur-sur-Tarn
Commune
A general view of Villemur-sur-Tarn
Coat of arms
Location of Villemur-sur-Tarn
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Coordinates: 43°51′59″N 1°30′21″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Toulouse
Canton	Villemur-sur-Tarn
Intercommunality	Val'Aïgo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marc Dumoulin
Area 1	46.57 km2 (17.98 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	6,170
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31584 /31340
Elevation	85–218 m (279–715 ft) (avg. 98 m or 322 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villemur-sur-Tarn (French pronunciation: [vilmyʁ syʁ taʁn], literally Villemur on Tarn; Languedocien: Vilamur de Tarn) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 4,320 —     1800 5,488 +3.48% 1806 5,587 +0.30% 1821 5,627 +0.05% 1831 6,063 +0.75% 1836 5,565 −1.70% 1841 5,472 −0.34% 1846 5,472 +0.00% 1851 5,314 −0.58% 1856 5,323 +0.03% 1861 5,304 −0.07% 1866 4,768 −2.11% 1872 4,489 −1.00% 1876 4,530 +0.23% 1881 4,055 −2.19% 1886 4,080 +0.12% 1891 3,929 −0.75% 1896 3,944 +0.08%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,951 +0.04% 1906 3,909 −0.21% 1911 3,255 −3.60% 1921 2,891 −1.18% 1926 3,008 +0.80% 1931 2,907 −0.68% 1936 3,038 +0.89% 1946 3,595 +1.70% 1954 3,691 +0.33% 1962 4,169 +1.53% 1968 4,738 +2.16% 1975 4,692 −0.14% 1982 4,415 −0.87% 1990 4,840 +1.16% 1999 4,929 +0.20% 2007 5,116 +0.47% 2012 5,712 +2.23% 2017 5,888 +0.61%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

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  St. Michael's Church. Facade and bell tower
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  The Town Hall
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  Tower defense, thirteenth century

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department