Saverdun

Saverdun
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Saverdun
Location within Occitanie region  Saverdun
Coordinates: 43°14′08″N 1°34′31″E / 43.2356°N 1.5753°E / 43.2356; 1.5753Coordinates: 43°14′08″N 1°34′31″E / 43.2356°N 1.5753°E / 43.2356; 1.5753
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Pamiers
Canton	Portes d'Ariège
Intercommunality	Saverdun
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Philippe Calleja
Area1	61.47 km2 (23.73 sq mi)
Population (2011)2	4,531
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saverdun is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

Inhabitants of Saverdun are called Saverdunois.

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.