Saverdun | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Saverdun (Ariège).svg |
Arrondissement: | Pamiers |
Canton: | Portes d'Ariège |
Insee: | 09282 |
Postal Code: | 09700 |
Mayor: | Philippe Calleja[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées |
Coordinates: | 43.2356°N 1.5753°W |
Elevation M: | 235 |
Elevation Min M: | 209 |
Elevation Max M: | 374 |
Area Km2: | 61.47 |
Saverdun (in French pronounced as /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.