Sauveterre-de-Guyenne
Sauveterre-de-Guyenne (, literally Sauveterre of Guyenne; Gascon: Sauvatèrra de Guiana) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
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Place details
- Locality
- Sauveterre-de-Guyenne
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,722
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8 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Structure
- Population
- Twin towns – sister cities
- See also
- References
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Sauveterre-de-Guyenne (, literally Sauveterre of Guyenne; Gascon: Sauvatèrra de Guiana) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
==Toponymy== Before 1896, Sauveterre-de-Guyenne was better known as Sauveterre-de Bazadais. This Bastide was built in a small village called "Athala" and was first named Salva-Terra (Salvation of the land), which later became Saubeterre and then Sauveterre.