Saillat-sur-Vienne

Saillat-sur-Vienne

The International Paper factory, in Saillat-sur-Vienne
Saillat-sur-Vienne

Coordinates: 45°52′22″N 0°49′01″E / 45.8728°N 0.8169°E / 45.8728; 0.8169Coordinates: 45°52′22″N 0°49′01″E / 45.8728°N 0.8169°E / 45.8728; 0.8169
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement Rochechouart
Canton Saint-Junien-Ouest
Intercommunality Vienne Glane
Government
  Mayor (20082014) René Charles
Area1 6.29 km2 (2.43 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 842
  Density 130/km2 (350/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 87131 / 87720
Elevation 153–254 m (502–833 ft)

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

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saillat-sur-Vienne (French pronunciation: [sajasyʁvjɛn]; Occitan: Salhac, pronounced [saˈʎak, saˈjak], locally: [ʃɔˈjak]) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region in west-central France. Because of how the town's name is pronounced in its native tongue: [ʃɔˈjak], Saillat was formerly known as Chaillac.[1]

Inhabitants are known as Saillatais.

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Notes

  1. Gustave Vapereau (1819-1906), Atlas géographique, statistique et historique des départements de la France, 1867, p. 182
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