Viarmes

Commune in Île-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Viarmes

(2020–2026) Olivier Dupont^[1]^[2]Area

8.19 km² (3.16 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[3]

5,386 • Density660/km² (1,700/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

95652 /95270

Elevation28–154 m (92–505 ft)Websiteviarmes.fr¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Viarmes (French pronunciation: [vjaʁm] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Viarmes station has rail connections to Luzarches, Sarcelles and Paris.

History

During the Middle Ages, Viarmes was a lordship (seigneur de Viarmes) held by Pierre the Fat and Pierre the Younger, both chamberlains of King Philip IV of France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,625	—
1975	3,303	+3.34%
1982	3,871	+2.29%
1990	4,315	+1.37%
1999	4,681	+0.91%
2007	4,767	+0.23%
2012	5,230	+1.87%
2017	5,175	−0.21%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Twin towns

Viarmes is currently twinned with Tubbercurry in County Sligo, Ireland.^[5] Viarmes is also twinned with Morcote, an Italian-speaking town in Switzerland.^[6]

References

^ L'équipe Municipale, Ville de Viarmes, accessed 10 March 2021
^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Tobar an Choire twinning committee". Tubbercurry Exchange Committee. June 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-11-18. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
^ Discover Morcote, Morcote official website.

External links

Official website (in French)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise (in French)