Saint-Viâtre () is a commune in the

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department in central

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History

The village was originally called ''Tremblevif'', from the Latin for "

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" 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 Graham Robb, ''The Discovery of France'', Picador, London (2007), p.304, quoting Onésime Reclus. ''France, Algérie et colonies'' (1866), p.133 in honour of a hermit, traditionally known as Viâtre, who had lived in the forests of

Sologne Sologne (; ) is a natural region in Centre-Val de Loire, France, extending over portions of the departements of Loiret, Loir-et-Cher and Cher. Its area is about . To its north is the river Loire, to its south the river Cher, while the district ...

. His tomb is in the crypt of the village church.

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Communes of Loir-et-Cher {{LoirCher-geo-stub

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