Sauvagnon
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Pau | |
| Canton | Terres des Luys et Coteaux du Vic-Bilh | |
| Community association | Luys en Bearn | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 24 ′ N , 0 ° 23 ′ W | |
| height | 166-283 m | |
| surface | 16.74 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,313 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 198 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64230 | |
| INSEE code | 64511 | |
| Website | http://www.sauvagnon.fr/ | |
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Sauvagnon is a French commune with 3,313 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . She is assigned to the canton of Terres des Luys et Coteaux du Vic-Bilh (until 2015: Lescar ) and the Arrondissement of Pau . The inhabitants are called Sauvagnonnais .
geography
Sauvagnon is about twelve kilometers north of Pau on the Luy de Béarn River . Sauvagnon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Doumy in the north, Navailles-Angos in the east and northeast, Serres-Castet in the east and southeast, Lescar in the south, Uzein in the west and Caubios-Loos in the northwest.
Part of the Pau airport is in the southwestern municipality. The former route nationale 134 (now the D834) runs through Sauvagnon .
Population development
| year | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| Residents | 550 | 481 | 556 | 583 | 635 | 998 | 1,697 | 1,970 | 2,351 | 2,791 | 3,083 |
Attractions
The Sainte-Marie-Madeleine church was built in 1852.
