Saverdun

Saverdun
Town hall Town hall
Coat of arms of Saverdun Coat of arms
Saverdun
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Saverdun
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Pamiers
Canton	Saverdun
Intercommunality	Saverdun
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Philippe Calleja
Area1	61.47 km2 (23.73 sq mi)
Population (2011)2	4,531
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	09282 / 09700
Elevation	209–374 m (686–1,227 ft) (avg. 235 m or 771 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saverdun is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Population

Inhabitants of Saverdun are called Saverdunois.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	3,447	—
1968	3,916	+13.6%
1975	3,969	+1.4%
1982	3,639	−8.3%
1990	3,568	−2.0%
1999	3,589	+0.6%
2008	4,435	+23.6%
2011	4,531	+2.2%

Name

Saverdun gave its name to the former city of Verdun, Quebec, Canada, now a borough of Montreal, which was founded in 1671 by Zacharie Dupuy, a native of Saverdun.

Transport

• Gare de Saverdun

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department

References

• INSEE