Vireaux

Vireaux is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.

Vireaux
Location of Vireaux
Vireaux
Vireaux
Coordinates: 47°47′14″N 4°02′59″E
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentYonne
ArrondissementAvallon
CantonTonnerrois
Government
  Mayor (20202026) José Ponsard
Area
1
14.58 km2 (5.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
131
  Density9.0/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
89481 /89160
Elevation163–280 m (535–919 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Notable people

  • Jean-Baptiste Muard (1809 - 1854), French Benedictine, reformer, and founder of religious orders, was born in Vireaux.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Brullee, Vie de P. Muard (Paris, 1855), tr. Robot, 1882; Thompson, Life of P. Muard (London, 1886); Denis Huerre (1994), Petite vie de Jean-Baptiste Muard


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