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Viriat () is a commune in the
Ain Ain (, ; ) is a French department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, 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 it ...
department of eastern
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
.


History

Settlement there goes back to at least the
Celt The Celts ( , see Names of the Celts#Pronunciation, pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples ( ) were a collection of Indo-European languages, Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancient Indo-European people, reached the apoge ...
ic 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 Voinești is a commune in Vaslui County, Western Moldavia, Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to ...
, Romania, since 1989 *
Sorbolo Sorbolo ( Parmigiano: ; locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about northeast of Parma. Sorbolo borders the following municipalities: Bres ...
, Italy, since 2000


See also

*
Communes of the Ain department The following is a list of the 391 communes of the Ain department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Official website
Communes of Ain Bresse Ain communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Ain-geo-stub