Virieu

Virieu Veriô (Arpitan)
Part of Val-de-Virieu
A general view of Virieu
Coat of arms
Location of Virieu
Virieu Location within France Virieu Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 45°29′11″N 5°28′34″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	Le Grand-Lemps
Commune	Val-de-Virieu
Area 1	11.38 km2 (4.39 sq mi)
Population  (2018)	1,092
• Density	95.96/km2 (248.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	38730
Elevation	384–775 m (1,260–2,543 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Virieu (French pronunciation: [viʁjø]), also Virieu-sur-Bourbre (French pronunciation: [viʁjø syʁ buʁbʁ], literally Virieu on Bourbre; Arpitan: Veriô), is a former commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-de-Virieu.

Geography

The small river Bourbre forms most of the commune's western border.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	4,069	—
1806	1,101	−72.9%
1821	1,174	+6.6%
1831	1,285	+9.5%
1841	1,285	+0.0%
1851	1,118	−13.0%
1861	1,119	+0.1%
1872	1,130	+1.0%
1881	1,109	−1.9%
1891	974	−12.2%
1901	1,057	+8.5%
1911	951	−10.0%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	831	−12.6%
1931	818	−1.6%
1946	845	+3.3%
1954	788	−6.7%
1962	716	−9.1%
1968	761	+6.3%
1975	828	+8.8%
1982	950	+14.7%
1990	954	+0.4%
1999	940	−1.5%
2006	973	+3.5%
2012	1,121	+15.2%

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

External links

• Official site
• Chateau de Virieu