Virargues

Virargues
Virargues
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region  Virargues
Coordinates: 45°07′33″N 2°54′40″E / 45.1258°N 2.9111°ECoordinates: 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
Intercommunality	Murat
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Marsal
Area^1	11.03 km^2 (4.26 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	137
• Density	12/km^2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Virargues is a commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne Region in south-central France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	150	—
1968	191	+27.3%
1975	189	−1.0%
1982	155	−18.0%
1990	158	+1.9%
1999	140	−11.4%
2008	137	−2.1%

Government

This is a list of mayors of Virargues.

Name	Start	End	Notes
Michel Marsal	December 2002	2014
Champagnac
Maurice Capelle			Former Conseiller général[1]
Pierre Margerit
Auguste Margerit

Sights

• Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church eleventh century, fifteenth century, sixteenth century
• Sainte-Reine Church nineteenth century
• The Valley of Allagnon^[2]

The Allagnon River is tributary of the Allier River

See also

• Communes of the Cantal department

References

• INSEE

1. General councils of France
2. (in the village of Clavières).

External links

• (English) Volcano park of Auvergne on the UNEP-WCMC site
• (French) Albepierre-Bredons