Legends and traditions:
Each year, the day of the feast day, a king and queen are selected from prominent families. Dressed in their finest clothes, they ride two horses in procession to the sound of the hurdy-gurdy and bagpipes, go around the village. Then comes the race. Only residents of the municipality have the right to compete and the same animal can participate more than three times. Viplaix was renowned for the quality of horse breeding, quality is no stranger to the importance that kept the fair Chambérat.
Legend has it that the fairies were so pleasant Viplaix they wanted to make a precious gift to his people. They launched their hammers and where they fell causing a spring of clear water and healing. But instead of thanking the people, taking them to the demons, they threw stones. The fairies, vexed by the host, took the source and transported to eval-les-Bains which has become a spa.
Lucien Lamoureux:
The son of a carpenter timber merchant Viplaix mayor for 46 years, the French politician, was born in the village in 1888. After studying law in Paris, he began his career as a minister under the government of Aristide Briand in 1926 with the Department of Public Instruction. Then it will be Colonial Secretary and Budget, Labour again Colonies and Trade. In 1940, as finance minister, he decided to save the gold from the Bank of France by making transfer to Morocco and Canada. Paul Reynaud not judging fairly determined to continue the war, he resigned and as a majority of the National Assembly shall then be voted full powers to Marshal Petain. More than a political technician, Lucien Lamoureux died August 5, 1970 at Creuzier-le-Vieux.