Sauvain

Sauvain
Commune
Museum
Sauvain Sauvain
Coordinates: 45°40′27″N 3°54′23″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Boën-sur-Lignon
Intercommunality	Loire Forez Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-René Joandel
Area 1	30.23 km2 (11.67 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42298 /42990
Elevation	640–1,631 m (2,100–5,351 ft) (avg. 890 m or 2,920 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sauvain (French pronunciation: ​[sovɛ̃]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Its church is l'Église Notre Dame de la Nativité.

Geography

The river Lignon du Forez flows through the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,091 —     1806 1,016 −6.9% 1821 955 −6.0% 1831 879 −8.0% 1841 954 +8.5% 1851 1,002 +5.0% 1861 975 −2.7% 1872 949 −2.7% 1881 1,042 +9.8% 1891 972 −6.7% 1901 1,003 +3.2% 1911 961 −4.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 825 −14.2% 1931 753 −8.7% 1946 706 −6.2% 1954 684 −3.1% 1962 615 −10.1% 1968 611 −0.7% 1975 523 −14.4% 1982 507 −3.1% 1990 445 −12.2% 1999 429 −3.6% 2008 408 −4.9% 2017 380 −6.9%

See also

• Communes of the Loire department
• Military radio station of Pierre-sur-Haute