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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
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- delegated commune
- Official name
- Vire
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Vire
- Population
- 11936
- Area
- 22.5
- Elevation
- 225
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Vire
- Shares border with
- Vaudry
- Official website
- www.ville-vire.fr
- Image
- France Calvados Vire.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Franceville
- Commons category
- Vire
- postal code
- 14500
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Vire
- topic's main category
- Category:Vire
- replaced by
- Vire Normandie
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2015-12-31
- associated electoral district
- canton of Vire Normandie
- P8168
- Calamia
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- inception
- 1972-07-01
Sources (8)
via Wikidata · CC0
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)
Article · Italiano
Vire è un ex comune francese di 12 828 abitanti situato nel dipartimento del Calvados nella regione della Normandia, sede di sottoprefettura. Dal 1º gennaio 2016 è stato accorpato con Coulonces, Maisoncelles-la-Jourdan, Roullours, Saint-Germain-de-Tallevende-la-Lande-Vaumont, Truttemer-le-Grand, Truttemer-le-Petit, Vaudry per formare il comune di Vire Normandie, del quale costituisce comune delegato. È noto per un particolare tipo di andouille prodotta nel paese, l'andouille de Vire. Ivi nacque il naturalista e letterato René Richard Louis Castel.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
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