Revel, Haute-Garonne

Revel
Revel
Commune
	The belfry in Revel
	Coat of arms
	Location of Revel
	Revel Revel
	Coordinates: 43°27′34″N 2°00′17″E / 43.4594°N 2.0047°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Toulouse
Canton	Revel
Intercommunality	Lauragais Revel Sorezois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurent Hourquet
Area 1	35.31 km2 (13.63 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2019)	9,637
• Density	270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31451 /31250
Elevation	179–381 m (587–1,250 ft) ; (avg. 210 m or 690 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Revel is a commune. It is in Occitanie in the Haute-Garonne department in southwest France. In 2020, 9,652 people lived there.

The inhabitants are known as Revélois and Revéloises.

Revel is best known for two products: furniture, and a mint liqueur named Get 27, which was made in the town since the 18th century.

Geography

Revel is 52 km (32 mi) east of Toulouse. Other nearby towns are Carcassonne and Castelnaudary to the south, Castres to the east, and Albi to the northeast.

Vincent Auriol (1884–1966), French politician who was first President of the Fourth Republic from 1947 to 1954

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