Saint-Sauvant (Charente-Maritime)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Saintes | |
| Canton | Chaniers | |
| Community association | Saintes | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 44 ′ N , 0 ° 30 ′ W | |
| height | 8-79 m | |
| surface | 7.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 485 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 69 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17610 | |
| INSEE code | 17395 | |
Saint-Sauvant is a place and a western French community with 485 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Saintes and the canton of Chaniers (until 2015: canton of Burie ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Sylvanais .
location
Saint-Sauvant is located in the Saintonge about nine kilometers east-southeast of Saintes . Saint-Sauvant is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Césaire in the north, Chérac in the east, Dompierre-sur-Charente in the south and Chaniers in the west.
The National Route 141 runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 |
| Residents | 464 | 481 | 462 | 504 | 501 | 512 | 508 | 485 |
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Attractions
- Remnants of the former Via Agrippa
- Saint-Sylvain church from the 12th century, monument historique since 1914
- Tower of the former castle from the 14th century, a historic monument since 1914
- Medieval town center
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Sauvant (Charente-Maritime)
Saint-Sylvain church
Medieval tower
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 183-183.
