Virargues
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Virargues | |
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 Location of Virargues | |
  Virargues Location within France  Virargues Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Coordinates: 45°07′33″N 2°54′40″E / 45.1258°N 2.9111°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Cantal |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Flour |
| Canton | Murat |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Michel Marsal[1] |
Area 1 | 11.03 km2 (4.26 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 116 |
| • Density | 10.5/km2 (27.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 15263 /15300 |
| Elevation | 854–1,225 m (2,802–4,019 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Virargues (French pronunciation: [viʁaʁɡ]) is a commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne Region in south-central France.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 191 | — |
| 1975 | 189 | −0.15% |
| 1982 | 155 | −2.79% |
| 1990 | 158 | +0.24% |
| 1999 | 140 | −1.33% |
| 2007 | 135 | −0.45% |
| 2012 | 135 | +0.00% |
| 2017 | 133 | −0.30% |
| 2023 | 116 | −2.25% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Government
[edit]This is a list of mayors of Virargues.
| Name | Start | End | Notes |
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| Michel Marsal | December 2002 | 2014 | |
| Champagnac | |||
| Maurice Capelle | Former Conseiller général[4] | ||
| Pierre Margerit | |||
| Auguste Margerit |
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Sights
[edit]- Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church eleventh century, fifteenth century, sixteenth century
- Sainte-Reine Church nineteenth century
- The Valley of Allagnon[5]
The Allagnon is a tributary of the Allier
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ↑ General councils of France
- ↑ (in the village of Clavières).
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Virargues.
- (in English) Volcano park of Auvergne on the UNEP-WCMC site
- (in French) Albepierre-Bredons
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