Sablet is a small commune covering 11 km² with about 1.200 inhabitants.
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The old part of the town is situated at a hill. Here was a Roman settlement. 
The first historic written source from the 12^th century tells about "Sabletum".
From 1274 until the French revolution 1789 the town belonged to the church. 
The earliest written document telling about Sablet is from 1148 and the place was then named Sableto - from latin Sabletumm, meaning sand.

At the highest point of the town you find the church St. Nazaire, (12^th century)
The plaige in 1721 passed by Sablet without casualties. Then the inhabitants built a chapel, Chapelle St. Roch. placed in the corner of todays cemetery.