Sauveterre-de-Guyenne

Sauveterre-de-Guyenne
Commune
The church of Saint-Romain-de-Vignague in Sauveterre-de-Guyenne
Coat of arms
Location of Sauveterre-de-Guyenne
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Coordinates: 44°41′37″N 0°05′06″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Langon
Canton	Le Réolais et Les Bastides
Intercommunality	CC rurales de l'Entre-Deux-Mers
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christophe Miqueu[1]
Area ^1	31.75 km^2 (12.26 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,868
• Density	59/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33506 /33540
Elevation	38–107 m (125–351 ft) (avg. 82 m or 269 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sauveterre-de-Guyenne (French pronunciation: [sɔvətɛʁ də ɡɥijɛn], literally Sauveterre of Guyenne; Gascon: Sauvatèrra de Guiana) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.[3]

Toponymy

Before 1896, Sauveterre-de-Guyenne was better known as Sauveterre-de Bazadais. This Bastide was built in a small village called "Athala" and was first named Salva-Terra (Salvation of the land), which later became Saubeterre and then Sauveterre.

History

Sauveterre-de-Guyenne was founded as an English Bastide in 1281 by King Edward I of England, in the name of ending rivalries among the lords. He signed the "Charte des Coutumes de la Cité" in 1283, which protected the inhabitants and set the rules of life in the village community.

Structure

Sauveterre-de-Guyenne is a very well maintained Bastide, having the typical Bastide 'grid' layout.[4] The entry points into the city were through four stone tower gates. The central market square is surrounded by stone houses and the typical arcades on the ground floor, full of shops. The Church of Notre Dame is located at the top of the square.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 600 —     1800 545 −1.36% 1806 588 +1.27% 1821 589 +0.01% 1831 734 +2.23% 1836 713 −0.58% 1841 757 +1.20% 1846 830 +1.86% 1851 823 −0.17% 1856 837 +0.34% 1861 850 +0.31% 1866 844 −0.14% 1872 838 −0.12% 1876 849 +0.33% 1881 825 −0.57% 1886 735 −2.28% 1891 786 +1.35% 1896 976 +4.43%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 744 −5.28% 1906 799 +1.44% 1911 737 −1.60% 1921 733 −0.05% 1926 730 −0.08% 1931 736 +0.16% 1936 756 +0.54% 1946 695 −0.84% 1954 701 +0.11% 1962 659 −0.77% 1968 1,681 +16.89% 1975 1,557 −1.09% 1982 1,644 +0.78% 1990 1,715 +0.53% 1999 1,792 +0.49% 2007 1,778 −0.10% 2012 1,805 +0.30% 2017 1,788 −0.19%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6]

The strong population increase between 1962 and 1968 is caused by the merger of Sauveterre-de-Guyenne with the former communes Le Puch, Saint-Léger-de-Vignague and Saint-Romain-de-Vignague in May 1965.[7]

Twin towns - sister cities

Town	State/Region	Country
Olite	Navarre	Spain[8]

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Commune de Sauveterre-de-Guyenne (33506), INSEE
4. "An Introduction to Bastides (PPT), at About The Bastides". John Reps Collection. Cornell University Library. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Sauveterre-de-Guyenne, EHESS (in French).
6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
7. Modifications aux circonscriptions territoriales de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0126, 2 June 1965, p. 4535.
8. "Olite and Sauveterre make contact again" the two towns are twinned since July 31, 1988. olite.com.es Archived September 18, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

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