Saint-Viâtre

Saint-Viâtre is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France.

Saint-Viâtre
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Viâtre
Saint-Viâtre
Saint-Viâtre
Coordinates: 47°31′27″N 1°56′03″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentLoir-et-Cher
ArrondissementRomorantin-Lanthenay
CantonLa Sologne
IntercommunalitySologne des étangs
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Christian Léonard
Area
1
89.79 km2 (34.67 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,196
  Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
41231 /41210
Elevation92–132 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.

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 [2] 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.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793988    
18061,022+3.4%
18211,095+7.1%
18311,257+14.8%
18411,194−5.0%
18511,240+3.9%
18611,255+1.2%
18721,361+8.4%
18811,531+12.5%
18911,742+13.8%
19011,844+5.9%
19111,854+0.5%
19211,623−12.5%
19311,591−2.0%
19461,469−7.7%
19541,314−10.6%
19621,282−2.4%
19681,245−2.9%
19751,223−1.8%
19821,162−5.0%
19901,063−8.5%
19991,157+8.8%
20061,188+2.7%
20151,236+4.0%

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. 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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