Sauve is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. In the early-1990s, American underground comic artist Robert Crumb trade…Sauve is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. In the early-1990s, American underground comic artist Robert Crumb traded six of his sketchbooks for a townhouse in Sauve. The late drummer of the Rolling Stones, Charlie Watts had an apartment in the town.