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
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Romorantin-Lanthenay
Canton	La Sologne
Intercommunality	Sologne des étangs
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Christian Léonard
Area ^1	89.79 km^2 (34.67 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,196
• Density	13/km^2 (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 km^2 (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

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	988	—
1806	1,022	+3.4%
1821	1,095	+7.1%
1831	1,257	+14.8%
1841	1,194	−5.0%
1851	1,240	+3.9%
1861	1,255	+1.2%
1872	1,361	+8.4%
1881	1,531	+12.5%
1891	1,742	+13.8%
1901	1,844	+5.9%
1911	1,854	+0.5%
1921	1,623	−12.5%
1931	1,591	−2.0%
1946	1,469	−7.7%
1954	1,314	−10.6%
1962	1,282	−2.4%
1968	1,245	−2.9%
1975	1,223	−1.8%
1982	1,162	−5.0%
1990	1,063	−8.5%
1999	1,157	+8.8%
2006	1,188	+2.7%
2015	1,236	+4.0%

See also

• Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department

References

• INSEE commune file

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