Poil
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Poil
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Poil, Nièvre - Vue générale 01.jpg
- French commune.caption
- General view with the church Saint-Romain.
- French commune.INSEE
- 58211
- French commune.postal code
- 58170
- French commune.arrondissement
- Château-Chinon
- French commune.canton
- Luzy
- French commune.intercommunality
- Bazois Loire Morvan
- French commune.mayor
- Christian Courault
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.elevation min m
- 297
- French commune.elevation max m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Poil
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Château-Chinon
- Population
- +152
- Area
- +27.02
- Elevation
- +372
- Shares border with
- Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray
- Official website
- www.poil-morvan.fr
- Image
- Poil, Nièvre - Vue générale 18.jpg
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Poil () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.
==History== The name of the locality was first recorded as Picti in the 10th century, then Poiz in 1281, Poys in the 14th century, Poy in 1414, and finally Poil in 1592. This development reflects a regular change from the root Picti- to Poi(z)-, similar to other Celtic place names. The root "Pict-" probably relates to the Picts, a people from Scotland, possibly in theme with foreign Roman legions stationed there (compare e.g. Mortagne and Sermaise, from Mauretania and Sarmatia respectively). The final "-l" was added later, influenced by the common noun "poil", a homophone (common in French) with Pois.