Virieu-le-Petit

Virieu-le-Petit is a former commune in the Ain department in eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Arvière-en-Valromey.[2]

Virieu-le-Petit
Part of Arvière-en-Valromey
Location of Virieu-le-Petit
Virieu-le-Petit Virieu-le-Petit
Coordinates: 45°54′31″N 5°43′28″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Hauteville-Lompnes
Commune	Arvière-en-Valromey
Area ^1	16.4 km^2 (6.3 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	297
• Density	18/km^2 (47/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	01260
Elevation	419–1,524 m (1,375–5,000 ft) (avg. 635 m or 2,083 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	540	—
1800	591	+9.4%
1806	634	+7.3%
1821	649	+2.4%
1831	683	+5.2%
1836	617	−9.7%
1841	695	+12.6%
1846	663	−4.6%
1851	636	−4.1%
1856	621	−2.4%
1861	607	−2.3%
1866	558	−8.1%
1872	536	−3.9%
1876	538	+0.4%
1881	511	−5.0%
1886	517	+1.2%
1891	501	−3.1%
1896	456	−9.0%
1901	437	−4.2%
1906	479	+9.6%
1911	482	+0.6%
1921	428	−11.2%
1926	425	−0.7%
1931	390	−8.2%
1936	354	−9.2%
1946	330	−6.8%
1954	315	−4.5%
1962	277	−12.1%
1968	235	−15.2%
1975	198	−15.7%
1982	295	+49.0%
1990	279	−5.4%
1999	281	+0.7%
2008	313	+11.4%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 17 December 2018 (in French)