Vivaro-Alpine
Vivaro-Alpine ( oc, vivaroalpenc, vivaroaupenc) is a variety of Occitan language, Occitan spoken in southeastern France (namely, around the Dauphiné area) and northwestern Italy (the Occitan Valleys of Piedmont and Liguria). There is also a sma ...
: ''Sant Sauvador de Montagut'') is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
of the
Ardèche
Ardèche (; oc, Ardecha; frp, Ardecha) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It is named after the river Ardèche and had a population of 328,278 as of 2019.department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in southern
France
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.
The rivers
Eyrieux
The Eyrieux () is a tributary of the Rhône in the Ardèche department, France. The Eyrieux runs for . It begins in the Massif Central and joins the Rhône just downstream of Valence.
The Eyrieux has at least three distinct landscapes. Above Le C ...
Ruins of an early-medieval castle (which was used as a watch tower/outpost) on one of the hills are the main historical remnant of what is one of France's most sparsely populated areas.
Population
Culture
Protestantism
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is strong in the town, with the town having both a Protestant temple and a Roman Catholic church.
Economy
Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut had quite a large textile industry, but in modern times there are hardly any factories left. However, a medium-sized plant nursery now exists, along with a nursing home, a mineral water producer, a comprehensive school and an ice-cream factory.
Tourism
In the summer months many tourists, mainly from the Netherlands, flock to the town where attractions such as ''la Plage'' (an artificial beach), a canoe-kayak centre and various paths for hiking/walking make the town a very good tourist spot. There are also two camp sites in the town, one in the outskirts and one in the small suburb of ''le Moulinon''. There are also tourist cottages and other settlements such as the hamlet
Maléon
Maléon is a hamlet in the outskirts of le Moulinon (a suburb of Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut) in the Ardèche ''département'' of France
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which also make up the town.
Further reading
1. Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut, Evolution D'Une Petite Commune Rurale en Ardèche, Elie Reynier 1996 (Editions Empire & Royaume: Valence)