Saillat-sur-Vienne
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The International Paper factory, in Saillat-sur-Vienne | |
  Saillat-sur-Vienne | |
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Location within Limousin region  Saillat-sur-Vienne | |
| Coordinates: 45°52′22″N 0°49′01″E / 45.8728°N 0.8169°ECoordinates: 45°52′22″N 0°49′01″E / 45.8728°N 0.8169°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Haute-Vienne |
| Arrondissement | Rochechouart |
| Canton | Saint-Junien-Ouest |
| Intercommunality | Vienne Glane |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | 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) |
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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
- ↑ Gustave Vapereau (1819-1906), Atlas géographique, statistique et historique des départements de la France, 1867, p. 182
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