Saillat-sur-Vienne

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Location of Saillat-sur-Vienne

(2020–2026) Pascal Cluzeau^[1]Area

6.29 km² (2.43 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

813 • Density130/km² (330/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

87131 /87720

Elevation153–254 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.

Saillat-sur-Vienne (French: [saja syʁ vjɛn], literally Saillat on Vienne; Occitan: Salhac [saˈʎak, -ˈjak], locally [ʃɔˈjak]) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. Because of the town's name's native pronunciation, Saillat was formerly known as Chaillac.^[3]

Inhabitants are known as Saillatais.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Gustave Vapereau (1819-1906), Atlas géographique, statistique et historique des départements de la France, 1867, p. 182 [1]