Sauveterre-de-Rouergue

Sauveterre-de-Rouergue
The main square in Sauveterre-de-Rouergue
The main square in Sauveterre-de-Rouergue
Coat of arms of Sauveterre-de-Rouergue
Location of Sauveterre-de-Rouergue
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Sauveterre-de-Rouergue is located in France
Sauveterre-de-Rouergue
Sauveterre-de-Rouergue
Sauveterre-de-Rouergue is located in Occitanie
Sauveterre-de-Rouergue
Sauveterre-de-Rouergue
Coordinates: 44°13′18″N 2°19′07″E / 44.2217°N 2.3186°E / 44.2217; 2.3186
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAveyron
ArrondissementVillefranche-de-Rouergue
CantonCeor-Ségala
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) René Mouysset[1]
Area
1
23.43 km2 (9.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
716
 • Density31/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
12262 /12800
Elevation333–682 m (1,093–2,238 ft)
(avg. 466 m or 1,529 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-Rouergue (French pronunciation: [sovtɛʁ ʁwɛʁɡ], literally Sauveterre of Rouergue; Occitan: Sauvatèrra, before 1962: Sauveterre)[3] is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. It is one of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (most beautiful villages of France).

  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. ^ Décret du 3 avril 1962 portant changement de noms de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0085, 8 April 1962, p. 3677.