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Viriat () is a
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Ain Ain (, ; frp, En) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is located on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where ...
department of eastern
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History

Settlement there goes back to at least the Celtic period. In the twelfth century, the name "Viriacus" appears in a record, referring to church and a priory.


Population


Twin towns

Viriat is twinned with: * Voinești, Vaslui, Romania, since 1989 * Sorbolo, Italy, since 2000


See also

*
Communes of the Ain department The following is a list of the 393 communes of the Ain department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Official website
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