Esves-le-Moutier
Esves-le-Moutier | |
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Location of Esves-le-Moutier | |
  Esves-le-Moutier Location within France  Esves-le-Moutier Location within Centre-Val de Loire | |
| Coordinates: 47°02′30″N 0°54′30″E / 47.0417°N 0.9083°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Loches |
| Canton | Descartes |
| Intercommunality | CC Loches Sud Touraine |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Luc Busin[1] |
Area 1 | 10.53 km2 (4.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 159 |
| • Density | 15.1/km2 (39.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 37103 /37240 |
| Elevation | 86–132 m (282–433 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Esves-le-Moutier (French pronunciation: [ɛv lə mutje]) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
Toponymy/hydronymy
Esves-le-Moutier appears on monastic cartulary in 1199 under the scholarly name "Evya", which also indicates the name of the main small stream[3]. The scholarly writing of the monks substitutes the vowel "u" for the letter y. The trivial meaning is water, "eau" in French actually, but "aqua" in Latin, eve, eave, ewe, evve... in Old French. The Classic Latin word monasterium has also left "moutier" in Old French.
It remains to be explained how "Esves", in the plural form, is written today, which corresponds always to that of the small stream. The Touraine tradition, unlike contemporary hydrological science, places the birth of the stream at the edge of the small sanctuary, a branch of more powerful medieval monasteries. There are indeed several important sources or fountains: the "Red fountains" of royal or public obedience and the great "Saint Martin fountain", always of seigneurial or private obedience. The ultimate hypothesis of a relatinising proposition "(born) ex aquae", namely that the water of the river is deaf from its groundwater, is superfluous[4].
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 214 | — |
| 1975 | 176 | −2.75% |
| 1982 | 161 | −1.26% |
| 1990 | 156 | −0.39% |
| 1999 | 164 | +0.56% |
| 2007 | 143 | −1.70% |
| 2012 | 156 | +1.76% |
| 2017 | 144 | −1.59% |
| 2023 | 159 | +1.67% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Albert Dauzat, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieux de France, Librairie Larousse, 1963. "Esves-le-Moutier"
- ↑ The second "s" of ESVES may come from a cacography.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
