Saillat-sur-Vienne (, literally ''Saillat on Vienne''; oc, Salhac , ) is a commune in the

Haute-Vienne Haute-Vienne (; oc, Nauta Vinhana, ; English: Upper Vienne) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve departments that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitai ...

department in the

Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine (; oc, Nòva Aquitània or ; eu, Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Novéle-Aguiéne'') is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by ...

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in west-central

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. Because of the town's name's native pronunciation, Saillat was formerly known as Chaillac.Gustave Vapereau (1819-1906), ''Atlas géographique, statistique et historique des départements de la France'', 1867, p. 18

/ref> Inhabitants are known as ''Saillatais''.

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Communes of Haute-Vienne {{HauteVienne-geo-stub

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