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Renovation in Sauvian
In 2025, 1% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 1%
Homes authorised in Sauvian: new buildings and existing ones
Dwellings authorised each year, by the year the permit was granted: in new buildings, and by works on existing buildings (conversions, extensions, changes of use). SDES Sitadel.
- Existing buildings
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Existing buildings | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | 1 | 114 |
| 2024 | 257 | 1 | 258 |
| 2023 | 57 | 1 | 58 |
| 2022 | 184 | 103 | 287 |
| 2021 | 36 | 2 | 38 |
| 2020 | 164 | 2 | 166 |
| 2019 | 73 | — | 73 |
| 2018 | 27 | 2 | 29 |
| 2017 | 10 | — | 10 |
| 2016 | 70 | 1 | 71 |
| 2015 | 89 | — | 89 |
| 2014 | 42 | 1 | 43 |
| 2013 | 93 | — | 93 |
Only permits that create dwellings are listed, so renovation that adds no home (refurbishing, insulating, re-roofing) is not counted. A permit is permission to build, not a finished home. The current year is left out until it is complete.
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At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €263,880. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,027 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 25%
- Payment, one income
- 50%
Owning a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at apartments' median sale price; rent is the asking rent. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- €1,151
- Owning per month
- €1,054
Figures for Hérault: Sauvian has no reliable figures of its own.
32.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 7,624
In 2022 the population grew by 110 while 77 homes were started: 1.4 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.4
- Population change, 2022
- +110
5.6% of the 2,835 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 5.6%
- Empty homes
- 160