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Saverdun
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Saverdun
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Coordinates: 43°14′08″N 1°34′31″E / 43.2356°N 1.5753°E / 43.2356; 1.5753
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Pamiers
Canton	Portes d'Ariège
Intercommunality	Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Calleja [1]
Area 1	61.47 km2 (23.73 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]	4,815
• Density	78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 ( CET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
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.

Saverdun (French pronunciation: [savɛʁdœ̃]; Languedocien: Savardun) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Population

Inhabitants of Saverdun are called Saverdunois in French.

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.

History

Count Raymond VII of Toulouse surrendered Saverdun to Imbert de Beaujeu and Hugh of La Tour-du-Pin, royal agents, during the war of 1242.

Transport

Saverdun station has rail connections to Toulouse, Foix and Latour-de-Carol.

See also

• Communes of the Ariège department

References

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