Saint-Martin-la-Sauveté

Saint-Martin-la-Sauveté
Commune
War memorial
Saint-Martin-la-Sauveté Saint-Martin-la-Sauveté
Coordinates: 45°50′01″N 3°55′28″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Roanne
Canton	Boën-sur-Lignon
Intercommunality	Vals d'Aix et d'Isable
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marius Daval
Area 1	29.74 km2 (11.48 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42260 /42260
Elevation	396–889 m (1,299–2,917 ft) (avg. 643 m or 2,110 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Martin-la-Sauveté (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ la sovte]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,500 —     1806 1,490 −0.7% 1821 1,214 −18.5% 1831 1,406 +15.8% 1841 1,507 +7.2% 1851 1,566 +3.9% 1861 1,665 +6.3% 1872 1,628 −2.2% 1881 1,639 +0.7% 1891 1,675 +2.2% 1901 1,547 −7.6% 1911 1,467 −5.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,435 −2.2% 1931 1,341 −6.6% 1946 1,302 −2.9% 1962 1,090 −16.3% 1968 973 −10.7% 1975 912 −6.3% 1982 895 −1.9% 1990 909 +1.6% 1999 898 −1.2% 2009 976 +8.7% 2017 965 −1.1%

Twin towns

Saint-Martin-la-Sauveté is twinned with:

• Agbande, Togo, since 1997

See also

• Communes of the Loire department