| Saint-Viâtre | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr saint viâtre (loir-et-cher).svg |
| Arrondissement: | Romorantin-Lanthenay |
| Canton: | La Sologne |
| Insee: | 41231 |
| Postal Code: | 41210 |
| Mayor: | Christian Léonard[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Sologne des étangs |
| Coordinates: | 47.5242°N 1.9342°W |
| Elevation M: | 108 |
| Elevation Min M: | 92 |
| Elevation Max M: | 132 |
| Area Km2: | 89.79 |
Saint-Viâtre (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ vjatʁ/) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France.[2]
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 [3] 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.