Vireaux

Vireaux
Commune
Location of Vireaux
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Coordinates: 47°47′14″N 4°02′59″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Yonne
Arrondissement	Avallon
Canton	Tonnerrois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	José Ponsard[1]
Area ^1	14.58 km^2 (5.63 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	102
• Density	7.0/km^2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	89481 /89160
Elevation	163–280 m (535–919 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vireaux (French pronunciation: [viʁo]) is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.

Notable people

• Jean-Baptiste Muard (1809 - 1854), French Benedictine, reformer, and founder of religious orders, was born in Vireaux.^[3]

See also

• Communes of the Yonne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Brullee, Vie de P. Muard (Paris, 1855), tr. Robot, 1882; Thompson, Life of P. Muard (London, 1886); Denis Huerre (1994), Petite vie de Jean-Baptiste Muard