Saint-Viâtre

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Viâtre

(2020–2026) Christian Léonard^[1]Area

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

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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% 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]

References

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