Saverdun

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Saverdun
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Saverdun
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Coordinates: 43°14′08″N 1°34′31″E / 43.2356°N 1.5753°E / 43.2356; 1.5753
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Pamiers
Canton	Portes d'Ariège
Intercommunality	Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Calleja[1]
Area 1	61.47 km2 (23.73 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	4,815
• Density	78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09282 /09700
Elevation	209–374 m (686–1,227 ft) (avg. 235 m or 771 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saverdun (French pronunciation: [savɛʁdœ̃]; Languedocien: Savardun) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Inhabitants of Saverdun are called Saverdunois in French.

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

Count Raymond VII of Toulouse surrendered Saverdun to Imbert de Beaujeu and Hugh of La Tour-du-Pin, royal agents, during the war of 1242.

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

• Communes of the Ariège department

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