Salles-la-Source

Commune in Occitanie, France

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Commune in Occitania, France

Salles-la-Source Salas Comtals (Occitan)
Commune
A view of the town from the west with the Cascade de Salles-la-Source
Location of Salles-la-Source
(2020–2026)		Jean-Louis Alibert^[1]
Area ¹	78.03 km² (30.13 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	2,302
• Density	30/km² (76/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	12254 /12330
Elevation	290–613 m (951–2,011 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Salles-la-Source (French pronunciation: [sal la suʁs]), historically Salles-Comtaux (until the French Revolution; Occitan: Salas Comtals or Las Salas del Comtal), is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitania region in Southern France.

Rodez–Aveyron Airport is largely located in Salles-la-Source.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,141	—
1975	1,187	+0.57%
1982	1,294	+1.24%
1990	1,594	+2.64%
1999	1,800	+1.36%
2009	2,075	+1.43%
2014	2,204	+1.21%
2020	2,286	+0.61%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE