Virieu-le-Petit (; frp, Veriô-le-Petit) is a former
commune
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in the
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 it ...
department
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in eastern
France
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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune
Arvière-en-Valromey
Arvière-en-Valromey () is a Communes of France, commune in the Ain Departments of France, department in eastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Brénaz, Chavornay, Ain, Chavornay, L ...
oceanic climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Virieu-le-Petit is . The average annual rainfall is with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Virieu-le-Petit was on 13 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 5 February 2012.