Virieu-le-Petit
Part of Arvière-en-Valromey in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Virieu-le-Petit | |
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Part of Arvière-en-Valromey | |
 Église St Pierre | |
Location of Virieu-le-Petit  | |
 Virieu-le-Petit  Virieu-le-Petit | |
| 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
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Perspective
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) | |||||||||||||
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| 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] | |||||||||||||
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