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Saint-Viâtre

Coordinates: 47°31′27″N 1°56′03″E / 47.5242°N 1.9342°E / 47.5242; 1.9342
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Saint-Viâtre
Commune
Coat of arms of Saint-Viâtre
Location of Saint-Viâtre
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Saint-Viâtre is located in France
Saint-Viâtre
Saint-Viâtre
Saint-Viâtre is located in Centre-Val de Loire
Saint-Viâtre
Saint-Viâtre
Coordinates: 47°31′27″N 1°56′03″E / 47.5242°N 1.9342°E / 47.5242; 1.9342
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentLoir-et-Cher
ArrondissementRomorantin-Lanthenay
CantonLa Sologne
IntercommunalitySologne des étangs
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Christian Léonard[1]
Area
1
89.79 km2 (34.67 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,183
 • 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.

Saint-Viâtre (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ vjatʁ]) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France.[3]

History

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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 [4] 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

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,245—    
1975 1,223−0.25%
1982 1,162−0.73%
1990 1,063−1.11%
1999 1,157+0.95%
2007 1,184+0.29%
2012 1,273+1.46%
2017 1,196−1.24%
Source: INSEE[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, Picador, London (2007), p.304, quoting Onésime Reclus. France, Algérie et colonies (1866), p.133
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE