Viricelles

Viricelles is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Viricelles
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Viricelles
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Coordinates: 45°39′12″N 4°22′36″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Feurs
Intercommunality	Forez en Lyonnais
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Jacques Vray
Area ^1	2 km^2 (0.8 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	457
• Density	230/km^2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42335 /42140
Elevation	477–593 m (1,565–1,946 ft) (avg. 570 m or 1,870 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 300 —     1806 391 +30.3% 1821 414 +5.9% 1831 354 −14.5% 1841 285 −19.5% 1851 348 +22.1% 1861 394 +13.2% 1872 583 +48.0% 1881 560 −3.9% 1891 523 −6.6% 1901 453 −13.4% 1911 467 +3.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 380 −18.6% 1931 416 +9.5% 1946 366 −12.0% 1954 302 −17.5% 1962 258 −14.6% 1968 216 −16.3% 1975 204 −5.6% 1982 237 +16.2% 1990 283 +19.4% 1999 333 +17.7% 2009 417 +25.2% 2017 457 +9.6%

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.