Virargues
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Cantal | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Flour | |
| Canton | Murat | |
| Community association | Hautes Terres | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 8 ′ N , 2 ° 55 ′ E | |
| height | 854-1,225 m | |
| surface | 11.03 km 2 | |
| Residents | 133 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 12 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 15300 | |
| INSEE code | 15263 | |
Virargues ( Occitan : same name) is a French municipality with 133 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Cantal in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Flour .
geography
Virargues is located around 18 kilometers northwest of the small town of Saint-Flour on the southern edge of the Volcans d'Auvergne Regional Nature Park . It belongs to the Monts du Cantal mountains . The main bodies of water are the Alagnon river in the south of the municipality, the Gaselle stream and a village pond. The most important traffic connection is the national route 122 , which runs past in the south . The nearest train stations are in Murat and Neussargues.
Virargues is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Chavagnac in the north, Chalinargues in the north-east and east, Celles in the south-east and south, La Chapelle-d'Alagnon in the south, Murat in the south-west and Chastel-sur-Murat in the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1846 | 1856 | 1876 | 1921 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 552 | 318 | 494 | 542 | 510 | 410 | 418 | 232 | 191 | 189 | 155 | 158 | 140 | 139 | 135 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Jean Baptiste village church
- Chapel of Sainte-Reine
- Alagnontal in the south of the municipality (near Clavières)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brief description of the sights ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)
