La Sauvetat (Puy-de-Dôme)
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme | |
| Arrondissement | Clermont-Ferrand | |
| Canton | Les Martres-de-Veyre | |
| Community association | Mond'Arverne Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 38 ′ N , 3 ° 10 ′ E | |
| height | 356-580 m | |
| surface | 7.98 km 2 | |
| Residents | 720 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 90 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 63730 | |
| INSEE code | 63413 | |
 Historic center of La Sauvetat |
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La Sauvetat is a French municipality with 720 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand and the canton of Les Martres-de-Veyre (until 2015: canton of Veyre-Monton ).
geography
La Sauvetat is about 17 kilometers south-southeast of Clermont-Ferrand . La Sauvetat is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Veyre-Monton in the north, Corent in the northeast, Authezat in the east and southeast, Plauzat in the south and west and Tallende in the northwest.
The A75 autoroute runs through the municipality .
history
In the Middle Ages, La Sauvetat was the seat of a commander of the Order of St. John. Until 1872, the now independent municipality Authezat and La Sauvetat formed the municipality Authezat-la-Sauvetat .
coat of arms
Description : In red a gold-framed blue standing quatrefoil with an applied red shield with a silver cross .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 529 | 479 | 518 | 555 | 591 | 591 | 631 | 685 |
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Attractions
- Fortifications of the place with donjon
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
Personalities
- Jean Pinot (1890–1961), fencer and two-time Olympic champion
