Sauveterre, Gard

Sauveterre

Sauveterre, with the Mont Ventoux in the background (left)

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Sauveterre

Coordinates: 44°01′35″N 4°47′38″E / 44.0264°N 4.7938°E / 44.0264; 4.7938Coordinates: 44°01′35″N 4°47′38″E / 44.0264°N 4.7938°E / 44.0264; 4.7938
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Gard
Arrondissement Nîmes
Canton Roquemaure
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jacques Demanse
Area1 13.09 km2 (5.05 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 1,853
  Density 140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 30312 / 30150
Elevation 12–140 m (39–459 ft)
(avg. 98 m or 322 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Sauveterre is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Geography

The village is located between the towns of Villeneuve-les-Avignon in the south and Roquemaure in the north, and bounded by the Rhône River in the east, and the commune of Pujaut in the west.

Amenities

The village is mainly a farming community, with a dozen or so shops providing essential local foodstuffs and services, including bakeries, a hairdresser, a grocery, a video rental, two bar-restaurants, a car repair garage, a post office, the town hall and community centre, and a small modern housing development.

The main road runs along the foot of a steep escarpment on which the majority of the older houses are located in a labyrinth of steep narrow lanes. To the east of the road the farmland land is the flat former flood plain of the Rhöne River, and is planted mainly with apples, melons, pumpkins, asparagus, and market garden produce from organic agriculture.

Administration

Sauveterre is part of the canton of Roquemaure that also includes the communes of Laudun, Lirac, Montfaucon, Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas, Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres, Saint-Victor-la-Coste and Tavel.

History

The village has existed as a small hamlet with a parish priest since medieval times and was annexed by Roquemaure in 1442.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962762    
1968913+19.8%
1975911−0.2%
19821,159+27.2%
19901,378+18.9%
19991,696+23.1%
20081,853+9.3%

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References

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