Sauvian

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Sauvian

(2020–2026) Bernard Auriol^[1]Area

13.07 km² (5.05 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,459 • Density420/km² (1,100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

34298 /34410

Elevation3–41 m (9.8–134.5 ft)
(avg. 4 m or 13 ft)Websiteville-sauvian.com¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sauvian (French pronunciation: [sovjɑ̃]) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	826	—
1975	1,134	+4.63%
1982	2,030	+8.67%
1990	3,178	+5.76%
1999	3,558	+1.26%
2007	4,101	+1.79%
2012	4,470	+1.74%
2017	5,353	+3.67%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE