Saverdun

Commune in Occitanie, France

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Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saverdun

(2020–2026) Philippe Calleja^[1]Area

61.47 km² (23.73 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,815 • Density78/km² (200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

09282 /09700

Elevation209–374 m (686–1,227 ft)
(avg. 235 m or 771 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saverdun (French pronunciation: [savɛʁdœ̃]; Languedocien: Savardun) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Population

Inhabitants of Saverdun are called Saverdunois in French.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,916	—
1975	3,969	+0.19%
1982	3,639	−1.23%
1990	3,568	−0.25%
1999	3,589	+0.07%
2007	4,376	+2.51%
2012	4,526	+0.68%
2017	4,844	+1.37%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Name

Saverdun gave its name to the former city of Verdun, Quebec, Canada, now a borough of Montreal, which was founded in 1671 by Zacharie Dupuy, a native of Saverdun.

History

Count Raymond VII of Toulouse surrendered Saverdun to Imbert de Beaujeu and Hugh of La Tour-du-Pin, royal agents, during the war of 1242.

Transport

Saverdun station has rail connections to Toulouse, Foix and Latour-de-Carol.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE