Boissezon

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Coordinates: 43°35′0″N, 2°24′0″E

Commune of Boissezon
Location
Coordinates	43°35′0″N, 2°24′0″E
Administration
Country	France
Region	Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Tarn
Arrondissement	Castres
Canton	Mazamet-Nord-Est
Statistics
Land area¹	19.0 km²
Population² (1999)	390
- Density	20.5/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	81034/ 81490
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Boissezon is a municipality in the French department of Tarn. The municipality covers 19 km², and is part of is part of the canton Mazamet-Nord-Est in the Castres. It had 390 inhabitants in 1999, with a population density of 20.5 people per km². Its inhabitants are known in French as boissezonnais or as boissesonols.

The village was originally known as Buxodunum, meaning "land of the buxus."

[edit] Demography

This figure shows the population of Boissezon.

Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques

[edit] Notable citizens

• Pierre Bernard, football player

[edit] External links

• Location of Boissezon (scale 1:100.000) op Mapquest
• More statistical data on Boissezon at www.insee.fr