Sauveterre, Gard
Encyclopedia
Sauveterre is a commune
in the Gard
department in southern France
.
in the south and Roquemaure
in the north, and bounded by the Rhône River
in the east, and the commune of Pujeaut in the west.
The main road runs along the foot of a steep escarpment on which the majority of the older houses are located in a labyrinth of steep narrow lanes. To the east of the road the farmland land is the flat former flood plain of the Rhöne River, and is planted mainly with apples, melons, pumpkins, asparagus, and market garden produce from organic agriculture.
, Montfaucon
, Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas
, Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres
, Saint-Victor-la-Coste
and Tavel
.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Gard
Gard
Gard is a département located in southern France in the Languedoc-Roussillon region.The department is named after the River Gard, although the formerly Occitan name of the River Gard, Gardon, has been replacing the traditional French name in recent decades, even among French speakers.- History...
department in southern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Geography
The village is located between the towns of Villeneuve-les-AvignonVilleneuve-lès-Avignon
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It can also be spelled Villeneuve-lez-Avignon.-Population:-Sights:* Chartreuse Notre-Dame-du-val-de-Bénédiction* Fort Saint-André* Tour Philippe Le Bel...
in the south and Roquemaure
Roquemaure, Gard
Roquemaure is a commune in the department of Gard in southern France. The small town is a centre of local wine production, especially of Lirac AOC, and is located on the right bank of the Rhone. The city Avignon is nearby.-History:...
in the north, and bounded by the Rhône River
Rhône River
The Rhone is one of the major rivers of Europe, rising in Switzerland and running from there through southeastern France. At Arles, near its mouth on the Mediterranean Sea, the river divides into two branches, known as the Great Rhone and the Little Rhone...
in the east, and the commune of Pujeaut in the west.
Amenities
The village is mainly a farming community, with a dozen or so shops providing essential local foodstuffs and services, including bakeries, a hairdresser, a grocery, a video rental, two bar-restaurants, a car repair garage, a post office, the town hall and community centre, and a small modern housing development.The main road runs along the foot of a steep escarpment on which the majority of the older houses are located in a labyrinth of steep narrow lanes. To the east of the road the farmland land is the flat former flood plain of the Rhöne River, and is planted mainly with apples, melons, pumpkins, asparagus, and market garden produce from organic agriculture.
Administration
Sauveterre is part of the canton of Roquemaure that also includes the communes of Laudun, LiracLirac
Lirac is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.-Population:-External links:*...
, Montfaucon
Montfaucon, Gard
Montfaucon is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.-Population:-References:*...
, Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas
Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas
Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.-Population:-References:*...
, Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres
Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres
Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.-Population:-References:*...
, Saint-Victor-la-Coste
Saint-Victor-la-Coste
Saint-Victor-la-Coste is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.Built against a hill overlooking a plain covered with vineyards with the Rhone valley in the distance, the town was once part of the medieval domain of the Sabran family, vassals to the Count of...
and Tavel
Tavel
- Places :* Tavel, Gard, a commune in France* Tavel AOC, a French wine appellation from the town of Tavel* Tafers , a municipality in Switzerland- People :* Connie Tavel, American television and film executive producer and talent manager...
.
History
The village has existed as a small hamlet with a parish priest since medieval times and was annexed by Roquemaure in 1442.Population
Sights
- Château de Montsauve 17th century
- Château de Varenne 1778
- Church 19th century restored : Monumental exterior stairway, Interior : Virgin and Christ painted by Guirand de Scevola .
- Chappelof Notre-Dame de Four, early 13th century, restored.
- remains of a monastery: Notre-Dame-des-Fours.