Virigneux
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Loire | |
Arrondissement | Montbrison | |
Canton | Feurs | |
Community association | Monts du Lyonnais | |
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 | 42336 | |
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 |
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501 | 425 | 388 | 354 | 366 | 465 | 557 | 614 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Web links
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