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Vire
Sign in to saveVire () is a town and a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Vire Normandie.
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Vire is a former commune in the Calvados department of Normandy, France. It served as the capital of the arrondissement of Vire and the canton of Vire Normandie. The town was located on the Vire river and bordered the communes of Burcy, Coulonces, La Graverie, and Roullours. Vire was twinned with Săcele, Baunatal, and Franceville.
The commune had an area of 22.5 square kilometers and an elevation of 225 meters above sea level. Its population was recorded as 18,303. Vire received the Croix de guerre 1939–1945. The administrative entity was dissolved on December 31, 2015, and replaced by Vire Normandie.
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Place details
- Locality
- Vire Normandie
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 14,603
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Vire, Normandie
- French commune.image
- FranceNormandieVireVueVersSteAnne.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Vire from the Place du Château
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Vire (Calvados).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Vire
- French commune.canton
- Vire Normandie
- French commune.INSEE
- 14762
- French commune.postal code
- 14500
- French commune.commune
- Vire Normandie
- French commune.elevation m
- 134
- French commune.elevation min m
- 85
- French commune.elevation max m
- 225
- French commune.area km2
- 22.50
- French commune.population
- 10906
- French commune.population date
- 2022
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Understand
Vire is somewhat inland of where the D-Day landings took place in June, 1944. The British liberated the town in mid-July after heavy fighting; the place was mostly destroyed but has long since been rebuilt.
See
The 12th-century fortifications of the medieval town are still partly visible in the town rebuilt after 1944:(Porte Horloge, Porte Saint-Sauveur, Tour aux Raines, Tour de Coulonces, Tour de Geôle, Tour de la Douve.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
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- Population
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- Gastronomy
- International relations
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- Climate
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Vire () is a town and a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Vire Normandie.
==Geography== The town is located on the river Vire. Much of its surroundings consist of the bocage virois, a type of mixed woodland and pasture common in Normandy. thumb|left|The "bocage virois"
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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