Sauveterre-de-Guyenne

Sauveterre-de-Guyenne
Sauveterre-de-Guyenne
Commune
	The church of Saint-Romain-de-Vignague in Sauveterre-de-Guyenne
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 44°41′37″N 0°05′06″W / 44.6936°N 0.085°WCoordinates: 44°41′37″N 0°05′06″W / 44.6936°N 0.085°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
Area 1	31.75 km2 (12.26 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	1,820
• Density	57/km2 (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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

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.^[2] 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^[3] and INSEE^[4]

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.^[5]