Salon-la-Tour

Salon-la-Tour
Coat of arms of Salon-la-Tour Coat of arms
Salon-la-Tour
Location within Limousin region Salon-la-Tour
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Corrèze
Arrondissement	Tulle
Canton	Uzerche
Intercommunality	Pays d'Uzerche
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Chauffour
Area1	43.01 km2 (16.61 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	703
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	19250 / 19510
Elevation	335–492 m (1,099–1,614 ft) (avg. 350 m or 1,150 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Salon-la-Tour is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.

Violette Szabo, a 22-year-old British agent who was parachuted a second time into France, on June 7 1944 (where she was to try to help obstructing the movement of German SS units from the south of France to Normandy), was captured near Salon-la-Tour.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	969	—
1968	1,018	+5.1%
1975	926	−9.0%
1982	798	−13.8%
1990	729	−8.6%
1999	722	−1.0%
2008	703	−2.6%

See also

• Communes of the Corrèze department

References

• INSEE