Virigneux

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Virigneux
Virigneux (France)
Virigneux
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Loire
Arrondissement Montbrison
Canton Feurs
Community association Monts du Lyonnais
Coordinates 45 ° 41 ′  N , 4 ° 21 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 41 ′  N , 4 ° 21 ′  E
height 427-652 m
surface 11.84 km 2
Residents 631 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 53 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 42140
INSEE code
Website http://www.cc-forez-en-lyonnais.fr/mairie_virigneux.aspx

Virigneux is a French municipality with 631 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the arrondissement of Montbrison and the canton of Feurs (until 2015: canton of Chazelles-sur-Lyon ).

geography

Virigneux is located about 27 kilometers north of Saint-Étienne and 37 kilometers west-southwest of Lyon in the historic province of Forez . Virigneux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Barthélemy-Lestra in the north and northwest, Saint-Martin-Lestra in the north and northeast, Haute-Rivoire in the northeast, Meys in the east, Maringes in the south, and Saint-Cyr-les-Vignes in the west Southwest as well as Valeille in the west and northwest.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
501 425 388 354 366 465 557 614
Source: Cassini and INSEE

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