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Virieu-le-Petit
Église St Pierre
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Virieu-le-Petit is located in France
Virieu-le-Petit
Virieu-le-Petit
Location in France
Virieu-le-Petit is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Virieu-le-Petit
Virieu-le-Petit
Location in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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
 (2021)
330
 • Density 20.1/km2 (52.1/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.

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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
2006 310 —    
2011 307 −0.19%
2015 302 −0.41%
2021 330 +1.49%
Source: INSEE
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