Virieu

Virieu (French pronunciation: [viʁjø]), also Virieu-sur-Bourbre (French pronunciation: [viʁjø syʁ buʁbʁ], literally Virieu on Bourbre), 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.

Virieu
Part of Val-de-Virieu
A general view of Virieu
Coat of arms
Location of Virieu
Virieu Virieu
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	96/km2 (250/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.

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