Virieu-le-Petit

Virieu-le-Petit (French pronunciation: [viʁjø lə pəti]; Arpitan: Veriô-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
Église St Pierre
Location of Virieu-le-Petit
Virieu-le-Petit Show map of France Virieu-le-Petit Show map of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 45°54′31″N 5°43′28″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Plateau d'Hauteville
Commune	Arvière-en-Valromey
Area 1	16.4 km2 (6.3 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	332
• Density	20/km2 (52/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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Climate

Virieu-le-Petit has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Virieu-le-Petit is 11.0 °C (51.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,363.9 mm (53.70 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.2 °C (68.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around 1.7 °C (35.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Virieu-le-Petit was 37.6 °C (99.7 °F) on 13 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.2 °C (6.4 °F) on 5 February 2012.

Climate data for Virieu-le-Petit (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1999−2018)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	15.4 (59.7)	17.7 (63.9)	23.0 (73.4)	28.0 (82.4)	31.3 (88.3)	35.2 (95.4)	35.6 (96.1)	37.6 (99.7)	29.4 (84.9)	24.6 (76.3)	20.1 (68.2)	17.5 (63.5)	37.6 (99.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	4.9 (40.8)	6.9 (44.4)	11.4 (52.5)	15.8 (60.4)	20.0 (68.0)	24.2 (75.6)	25.8 (78.4)	24.8 (76.6)	20.7 (69.3)	15.9 (60.6)	9.1 (48.4)	5.2 (41.4)	15.4 (59.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	1.7 (35.1)	3.0 (37.4)	6.8 (44.2)	10.6 (51.1)	14.9 (58.8)	18.6 (65.5)	20.2 (68.4)	19.5 (67.1)	15.8 (60.4)	11.8 (53.2)	5.9 (42.6)	2.2 (36.0)	11.0 (51.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−1.4 (29.5)	−0.8 (30.6)	2.3 (36.1)	5.4 (41.7)	9.7 (49.5)	13.0 (55.4)	14.5 (58.1)	14.2 (57.6)	10.9 (51.6)	7.6 (45.7)	2.8 (37.0)	−0.8 (30.6)	6.5 (43.7)
Record low °C (°F)	−11.9 (10.6)	−14.2 (6.4)	−10.9 (12.4)	−4.5 (23.9)	1.4 (34.5)	3.2 (37.8)	7.2 (45.0)	7.7 (45.9)	2.2 (36.0)	−3.1 (26.4)	−7.2 (19.0)	−13.1 (8.4)	−14.2 (6.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	117.0 (4.61)	109.4 (4.31)	122.1 (4.81)	104.7 (4.12)	112.6 (4.43)	77.4 (3.05)	97.6 (3.84)	126.7 (4.99)	97.1 (3.82)	134.4 (5.29)	136.6 (5.38)	128.3 (5.05)	1,363.9 (53.70)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	10.8	10.3	11.5	10.3	11.3	9.0	9.5	11.4	8.3	11.4	11.8	11.7	127.3
Source: Meteociel[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	310	—
2011	307	−0.19%
2015	302	−0.41%
2022	332	+1.36%
Source: INSEE[4][5][1]

See also

• Communes of the Ain department