Sauve
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gard | |
| Arrondissement | Le Vigan | |
| Canton | Quissac | |
| Community association | Piémont Cévenol | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 57 ' N , 3 ° 57' E | |
| height | 75-470 m | |
| surface | 31.56 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,928 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 61 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 30610 | |
| INSEE code | 30311 | |
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Sauve is a French commune with 1928 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gard department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Le Vigan and was the capital of the canton of Sauve until 2015 , but has since belonged to the canton of Quissac .
Population development
- 1962: 1,268
- 1968: 1,328
- 1975: 1,277
- 1982: 1,417
- 1990: 1,606
- 1999: 1,690
- 2008: 1,879
- 2014: 1,970
Sentier "Sculptures du Temps et des Hommes"
The 2.4 km long path (French: Sentier) Sculptures du Temps et des Hommes , which leads through abandoned gardens in the rock formation above the village and in three languages (French, German and English) the history of the agricultural use and its decline.
Personalities
- Jean Astruc (1684–1766), physician and founder of the modern criticism of the Pentateuch
- Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755–1794), poet
- Henri Théodore Sivel , balloonist
- Robert Crumb (* 1943), artist, illustrator and musician, has lived in Sauve since the 1990s
- Robert Filliou (1926–1987), artist
Web links
Commons : Sauve - collection of images, videos and audio files
