Sommières-du-Clain

Sommières-du-Clain
Sommières-du-Clain
Commune
	The church in Sommières-du-Clain
	Location of Sommières-du-Clain
	Sommières-du-Clain Sommières-du-Clain
	Coordinates: 46°16′50″N 0°21′36″E / 46.2806°N 0.36°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Vienne
Arrondissement	Montmorillon
Canton	Civray
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	René Morisset
Area 1	26.21 km2 (10.12 sq mi)
Population (2021)	742
• Density	28/km2 (73/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	86264 /86160
Elevation	107–152 m (351–499 ft) ; (avg. 115 m or 377 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sommières-du-Clain (French pronunciation: [sɔmjɛʁ dy klɛ̃]) is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

Toponymy

It has been suggested that the name is derived from the Celtic words "Soli", suggested to be the name of a chieftain, and "maros" which means "big". However, there is ample evidence of the existence of a Celtic goddess named Solimara. Coins with her name and inscriptions dedicated to her have been found at Bourges. The maro/mara means "great", and Soli is from the Celtic "souli" meaning sun. It is far more likely that her worship was spread more widely throughout Gaul and that the name of the village is linked to an actual name/figure rather than one of conjecture.^[3]^[4]^[5]