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<h2 id="population">Population</h2> <p>Inhabitants of Saverdun are called <i>Saverdunois</i> in French. </p> Historical population<table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Pop.</th><th>±% p.a.</th></tr><tr><th>1968 </th><td>3,916</td><td>— </td></tr><tr><th>1975 </th><td>3,969</td><td>+0.19%</td></tr><tr><th>1982 </th><td>3,639</td><td>−1.23%</td></tr><tr><th>1990 </th><td>3,568</td><td>−0.25%</td></tr><tr><th>1999 </th><td>3,589</td><td>+0.07%</td></tr><tr><th>2007 </th><td>4,376</td><td>+2.51%</td></tr><tr><th>2012 </th><td>4,526</td><td>+0.68%</td></tr><tr><th>2017 </th><td>4,844</td><td>+1.37%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Source: INSEE<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="name">Name</h2> <p>Saverdun gave its name to the former city of <a href="/facts/Verdun,_Quebec/KU48rDF2">Verdun, Quebec</a>, <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a>, now a borough of <a href="/facts/Montreal/uQQaWd1b">Montreal</a>, which was founded in 1671 by <a href="/facts/Zacharie_Dupuy/XsyTEu4K">Zacharie Dupuy</a>, a native of Saverdun. </p> <h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Count <a href="/facts/Raymond_VII_of_Toulouse/bnm7VPDn">Raymond VII of Toulouse</a> surrendered Saverdun to <a href="/facts/Humbert_V_de_Beaujeu/1CGblUnA">Imbert de Beaujeu</a> and <a href="/facts/Hugh_of_La_Tour-du-Pin/qoYaJ8pR">Hugh of La Tour-du-Pin</a>, royal agents, during the <a href="/facts/Saintonge_War/bXGFdkmd">war of 1242</a>. </p> <h2 id="transport">Transport</h2> <p><a href="/facts/Saverdun_station/xnHgKk0F">Saverdun station</a> has rail connections to Toulouse, Foix and Latour-de-Carol. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Communes_of_the_Ari%C3%A8ge_department/INNqAN7X">Communes of the Ariège department</a></li></ul> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saverdun. <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE <a href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-09282#ancre-POP_T1" target="_blank">https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-09282#ancre-POP_T1</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>