Sauvain

Sauvain is a common French, located in the department of the the Loire and the area the Rhone-Alps.

Geography

The commune shelters the top Pierre-on-High, which is the culminating point of the department of the Loire, with 1640 meters. For this reason, the top accommodates hertzian relays.

History

Administration

Vincent Joandel mayor of 1947 to 1989

Demography

Places and monuments

  • the fountain with the five grinding stones, opposite the bakery of the village

  • the Sauvagnarde House, museum of the local tradition and Louis Lépine, pit sawyers
cascade of the jump ferrand in the valley of chorsin, pont de la fonfort with in lower part a mineral spring

Personalities related to the commune

Louis LEPINE, prefect of police of Paris, resided in his castle of Sauvain

External bonds

  • Sauvain on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Sauvain on the site of INSEE
  • Sauvain on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Sauvain on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Sauvain on Mapquest

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