Sauverny

Sauverny
Commune
Church of Saint Maurice
Coat of arms
Location of Sauverny
Sauverny Sauverny
Coordinates: 46°18′55″N 6°06′53″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Gex
Canton	Gex
Intercommunality	Pays de Gex
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Janier
Area 1	1.89 km2 (0.73 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	992
• Density	520/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01397 /01220
Elevation	449–516 m (1,473–1,693 ft) (avg. 476 m or 1,562 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sauverny is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. It is located between the Jura mountains in France and Lac Leman, bordering the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 234 —     1800 230 −1.7% 1806 285 +23.9% 1821 206 −27.7% 1831 268 +30.1% 1836 251 −6.3% 1841 243 −3.2% 1846 279 +14.8% 1851 265 −5.0% 1856 247 −6.8% 1861 244 −1.2% 1866 247 +1.2% 1872 218 −11.7% 1876 208 −4.6% 1881 195 −6.2% 1886 193 −1.0% 1891 178 −7.8%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 183 +2.8% 1901 186 +1.6% 1906 188 +1.1% 1911 161 −14.4% 1921 173 +7.5% 1926 182 +5.2% 1931 162 −11.0% 1936 155 −4.3% 1946 154 −0.6% 1954 164 +6.5% 1962 151 −7.9% 1968 170 +12.6% 1975 220 +29.4% 1982 555 +152.3% 1990 1,067 +92.3% 1999 1,015 −4.9% 2008 1,095 +7.9%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department