Puycelsi (French pronunciation: [pɥisɛlsi], before 2011: Puycelci; Occitan: Puègcèlsi)[3] is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

[4] The name of "Puycelci", or "Puycelsi" comes from the Celtic "Celto Dun", a wooden fortress built on a hill, or oppidum, later transformed into "Podium Celsium" by the Romans.

The village itself was founded in a location close to the ancient prehistoric site by Benedictine Monks from the Aurillac Abbey in the 10th century.

It stands high above the right bank of the Vère, which flows northwestward through the commune.

Puycelsi is featured in the 2016 BBC/France Télévisions wildlife film Wild Tales from the Village.