Paulinet

Paulinet
Commune
Gorge of Oulas and Castle Paulin
Coat of arms
Location of Paulinet
Paulinet Paulinet
Coordinates: 43°50′58″N 2°25′50″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Albi
Canton	Le Haut Dadou
Intercommunality	CC Monts d'Alban et Villefranchois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-José Escanez
Area 1	73.75 km2 (28.48 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	498
• Density	6.75/km2 (17.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	81203 /81250
Elevation	360–704 m (1,181–2,310 ft) (avg. 654 m or 2,146 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Paulinet (French pronunciation: [polinɛ]) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

Geography

The commune is traversed by the river Dadou. It is made of seven parishes and many smaller hamlets, eg. Connac, Le Masnau, Notre-Dame d'Ourtiguet, Paulin, Paulinet, Pommardelle, Ruèges, Saint-Jean-de-Jeannes, Terrabusset.

History

The commune was created as Paulin in 1790. It inherited the pre-Revolution community of Paulin boundaries. Many territorial adjustments occurred during the 19th century to remove enclaves and exclaves. In 1833, the westernmost part of the commune became an independent commune as Teillet. In 1897, the commune was renamed Paulinet.

See also

• Communes of the Tarn department