Villefranche-de-Lauragais

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Villefranche-de-Lauragais

(2022–2026) Valérie Grafeuille Roudet^[1]Area

10.35 km² (4.00 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,990 • Density480/km² (1,200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

31582 /31290

Elevation168–256 m (551–840 ft)
(avg. 175 m or 574 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villefranche-de-Lauragais (Languedocien: Vilafranca de Lauragués) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Villefranche-de-Lauragais station has rail connections to Toulouse, Carcassonne and Narbonne.

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Villefranchois in French.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,771	—
1975	2,948	+0.89%
1982	3,127	+0.85%
1990	3,316	+0.74%
1999	3,338	+0.07%
2007	3,933	+2.07%
2012	4,188	+1.26%
2017	4,519	+1.53%
2019	4,806	+3.13%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 December 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE