Viry, Haute-Savoie

Viry (French pronunciation: [viʁi]; Arpitan: Vry) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

Viry
Commune
A general view of Viry
Location of Viry
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Coordinates: 46°07′06″N 6°02′18″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement	Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
Canton	Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
Intercommunality	CC du Genevois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurent Chevalier[1]
Area 1	26.16 km2 (10.10 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	5,625
• Density	220/km2 (560/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	74309 /74580
Elevation	357–755 m (1,171–2,477 ft) (avg. 503 m or 1,650 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

Viry is the birthplace of Justin de Viry, a Sardinian and French diplomat and politician. He is still the only Savoyard to be buried in the Panthéon.^[3] During the World War, Viry was one of the border towns with Switzerland through which many Jews fleeing Nazism passed.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,218	—
1975	1,561	+3.61%
1982	2,023	+3.77%
1990	2,550	+2.94%
1999	3,032	+1.94%
2007	3,423	+1.53%
2012	3,909	+2.69%
2017	5,182	+5.80%
2020	5,590	+2.56%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Savoie department