Sauve, Gard

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Sauve

(2020–2026) Olivier Gaillard^[1]Area

31.56 km² (12.19 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,925 • Density61/km² (160/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

30311 /30610

Elevation75–470 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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,268	—
1968	1,328	+4.7%
1975	1,277	−3.8%
1982	1,417	+11.0%
1990	1,606	+13.3%
1999	1,690	+5.2%
2008	1,879	+11.2%

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^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 July 2013.