Saint-Viâtre
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Saint-Viâtre | |
Coordinates: 47°31′27″N 1°56′03″E / 47.5242°N 1.9342°ECoordinates: 47°31′27″N 1°56′03″E / 47.5242°N 1.9342°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
Department | Loir-et-Cher |
Arrondissement | Romorantin-Lanthenay |
Canton | La Sologne |
Intercommunality | Sologne des étangs |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Christian Léonard[1] |
Area 1 | 89.79 km2 (34.67 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[2] | 1,189 |
• Density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 41231 /41210 |
Elevation | 92–132 m (302–433 ft) (avg. 108 m or 354 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Saint-Viâtre is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France.
History[]
The village was originally called Tremblevif, from the Latin for "aspen" and "village", but suggesting in the popular imagination a place prone to swamp fever and trembling limbs. In 1854, worried that outsiders might be put off, the villagers successfully petitioned to change the name to Saint-Viâtre [3] in honour of a hermit, traditionally known as Viâtre, who had lived in the forests of Sologne. His tomb is in the crypt of the village church.
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See also[]
- Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department
References[]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, Picador, London (2007), p.304, quoting Onésime Reclus. France, Algérie et colonies (1866), p.133
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