Sauve, Gard

Sauve
Commune
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Coordinates: 43°56′36″N 3°56′57″E / 43.9433°N 3.9492°E / 43.9433; 3.9492Coordinates: 43°56′36″N 3°56′57″E / 43.9433°N 3.9492°E / 43.9433; 3.9492
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Le Vigan
Canton	Quissac
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Olivier Gaillard
Area 1	31.56 km2 (12.19 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	1,912
• Density	61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30311 /30610
Elevation	75–470 m (246–1,542 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sauve (French pronunciation: ​[sov]) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Population[]

Personalities[]

In the early-1990s American underground comic artist Robert Crumb traded six of his sketchbooks for a townhouse in Sauve. He presently lives there with his family.

The late drummer of the Rolling Stones, Charlie Watts (1941-2021) had an apartment in the town.

Roger Katan, French-American architect, planner, sculptor, and activist, resides in the village.

International relations[]

Sauve is twinned with:

• Broughton in Hampshire, England^[2]

See also[]

• Communes of the Gard department

References[]

External links[]

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