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Saverdun (; Languedocien: ''Savardun'') is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
.


Population

Inhabitants of Saverdun are called ''Saverdunois'' in French.


Name

Saverdun gave its name to the former city of
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, now a borough of
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, which was founded in 1671 by Zacharie Dupuy, a native of Saverdun.


History

Count
Raymond VII of Toulouse Raymond VII (July 1197 – 27 September 1249) was Count of Toulouse, Duke of Narbonne and Marquis of Provence from 1222 until his death. Family and marriages Raymond was born at the Château de Beaucaire, the son of Raymond VI of Toulou ...
surrendered Saverdun to Imbert de Beaujeu and
Hugh of La Tour-du-Pin Hugh of La Tour-du-Pin (1197/1198 – December 1249) was the bishop of Clermont from 1227 until his death. Hugh was a son of Albert, lord of La Tour-du-Pin, and Marie d'Auvergne. He is called ''magister'', showing that he had a formal education. ...
, royal agents, during the war of 1242.


Transport

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


See also

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Communes of the Ariège department The following is a list of the 327 communes of the Ariège department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Ariège (department) Ariège communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Ariège-geo-stub