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Coufouleux

commune in Tarn, France

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ1614349 ↗
Source-derived summary

Coufouleux (French pronunciation: [kufulø]; Occitan: Confolèuç) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

The primary school is named after Tarn native, Jean-Louis Étienne. The community hall is named after Herve, Comte de Guerdavid, who was Mayor of Coufouleux from 1959-2001.

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Transport

Rabastens-Couffouleux station has rail connections to Toulouse, Albi and Rodez.

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The public source identifies “Coufouleux” as commune in Tarn, France. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Coufouleux, commune and Tarn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1959, 2001—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Coufouleux, commune and Tarn providing the first useful test.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1614349. VIAF identifies the subject as 313246687. Authority coordinates are 43.818, 1.731. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1959 and 2001.

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This entry incorporates text from “Coufouleux” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.