Virargues
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Commune of Virargues |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Auvergne |
Department | Cantal |
Arrondissement | Saint-Flour |
Canton | Murat |
Intercommunality | Murat |
Mayor | Michel Marsal (2002-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 854 m–1,225 m (avg. m) |
Land area¹ | 11.03 km² |
Population² (1999) |
140 |
- Density | 12/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 15263/ 15300 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Virargues is a commune in the Cantal département in the Auvergne Region.
Contents |
[edit] Government
This is a list of mayors of Virargues.
NAME | START | END | NOTES |
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Michel Marsal | december 2002 | 2008 | |
M. Champagnac | |||
M. Maurice Capelle | Former Conseiller général[1] | ||
M. Pierre Margerit | |||
M. Auguste Margerit |
[edit] Monuments
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church 11th century, 15th century, 16th century
- Sainte-Reine Church 19th century
[edit] Beauty spots
The Valley of Allagnon[2]
The Allagnon River is tributary of the Allier River
[edit] See also
- Cantal
- Auvergne (province), the historical independent county and later French province
- Auvergne (région), the modern-day administrative région, larger than the historical province of Auvergne, as it includes other provinces as Bourbonnais which historically were not part of Auvergne.
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[edit] Notes,sources and references
- ^ General councils of France
- ^ (in the village of Clavières).