Virieu (French pronunciation: [viʁjø]), also Virieu-sur-Bourbre (French pronunciation: [viʁjø syʁ buʁbʁ], literally Virieu on Bourbre), is a former commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-de-Virieu.^[2]

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Virieu
Part of Val-de-Virieu
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Location of Virieu
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Coordinates: 45°29′11″N 5°28′34″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	Le Grand-Lemps
Commune	Val-de-Virieu
Area 1	11.38 km2 (4.39 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[1]	1,092
• Density	96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	38730
Elevation	384–775 m (1,260–2,543 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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The small river Bourbre forms most of the commune's western border.

• Communes of the Isère department