Burlats

Burlats
Commune
The Adelaide Pavilion in Burlats
Coat of arms
Location of Burlats
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Coordinates: 43°38′15″N 2°19′06″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	Castres-2
Intercommunality	Sidobre Val d'Agout
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Serge Serieys
Area 1	32.62 km2 (12.59 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,018
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	81042 /81100
Elevation	176–682 m (577–2,238 ft) (avg. 195 m or 640 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Burlats is a commune in the Tarn department and Occitanie region of southern France.

Population

Historical population of Burlats
(Source: INSEE)

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2012	2017
Population	1119	1141	1176	1313	1670	1829	1879	1935	2131

Notable monuments

• The Adelaide Pavilion, a unique showcase of Roman civil architecture that cradled the birth of l’Amour courtois (“courtly love”, a medieval European conception of love in its noble, chivalrous ways). Dame Adelaide de Toulouse was the daughter of Raymond V, count of Toulouse, viscountess of Albi, who married Roger II Trencavel in 1171.
• The House of Adam, a 12th-century house famous for its façade on the Agout River that possibly depended from the priory. Its name came from a window lintel that was sold in 1935.
• The former St-Pierre collegiate church. The priory was mentioned for the first time in 973, then in a bull from pope Calixtus II, as dependant from the Castres Abbey. When the latter became a cathedral in 1317, the priory was secularised and became a collegiate in 1318. After several destructions, due notably to the Wars of Religion and a fire in 1625, the church's ruins are eventually bought by the commune in 1835 to be restored. It was designated a “Monument Historique” in 1845.
• The Bistoure gate, one of the four gates of the ramparts, dating back to the 14th century.
• The 17th-century castle, with its ancient 14th-century tower.

See also

• Communes of the Tarn department
• Tourism in Tarn

External links

• Commune de Burlats website
• Burlats Travel Guide & Panoramic Virtual Tour