Viriat

Viriat
Commune
The Jugnon
Coat of arms
Location of Viriat
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Coordinates: 46°15′11″N 5°12′58″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Bourg-en-Bresse-1
Intercommunality	CA Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Perret[1]
Area ^1	45.35 km^2 (17.51 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	6,808
• Density	150/km^2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01451 /01440
Elevation	206–257 m (676–843 ft) (avg. 230 m or 750 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Viriat (French pronunciation: [viʁja]) is a commune in the Ain department of eastern France.

History

Settlement there goes back to at least the Celtic period.

In the twelfth century, the name "Viriacus" appears in a record, referring to church and a priory.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,122 —     1800 2,119 −0.02% 1806 2,199 +0.62% 1821 2,309 +0.33% 1831 2,394 +0.36% 1836 2,476 +0.68% 1841 2,535 +0.47% 1846 2,530 −0.04% 1851 2,587 +0.45% 1856 2,580 −0.05% 1861 2,578 −0.02% 1866 2,545 −0.26% 1872 2,629 +0.54% 1876 2,690 +0.58% 1881 2,708 +0.13% 1886 2,870 +1.17% 1891 2,741 −0.92% 1896 2,704 −0.27%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,580 −0.93% 1906 2,574 −0.05% 1911 2,529 −0.35% 1921 2,517 −0.05% 1926 2,578 +0.48% 1931 2,570 −0.06% 1936 2,579 +0.07% 1946 2,678 +0.38% 1954 2,660 −0.08% 1962 2,644 −0.08% 1968 3,012 +2.20% 1975 3,562 +2.42% 1982 3,997 +1.66% 1990 4,701 +2.05% 1999 5,288 +1.32% 2007 5,719 +0.98% 2012 6,160 +1.50% 2017 6,418 +0.82%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Twin towns

Viriat is twinned with:

• Voinești, Vaslui, Romania, since 1989
• Sorbolo, Italy, since 2000

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Viriat, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 2 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE

External links

• Official website