Vire

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This article is about a French commune; for the river see River Vire

Coordinates: 48°50′19″N 0°53′21″W / 48.8386111111, -0.889166666667

Commune of Vire

Vire from the place du Château
Location
Vire (France)
Vire
Administration
Country France
Region Basse-Normandie
Department Calvados
(sous-préfecture)
Arrondissement Vire (chef-lieu)
Canton Vire (chef-lieu)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Vire
Mayor Jean-Yves Cousin
(2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation 85 m–225 m
(avg. 134 m)
Land area¹ 22.50 km²
Population²
(1999)		 12,815
 - Density 569.56/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 14762/ 14500
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Vire is a commune and the seat of a canton of the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie region of France.

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[edit] Geography

The town is located near the Vire River.

[edit] Administration

Vire amalgamated two communes in 19 years:

  • Neuville in 1953
  • Saint-Martin-de-Tallevende in 1972, (old INSEE code: 14631), a partner with a population of 1,117 inhabitants in 1999.

[edit] Gastronomy

[edit] Communes of the canton include

  • Vaudry
  • Saint Germain de Tallevende

[edit] Miscellaneous

Vire is twinned with:

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Coordinates: 48°50′N, 0°53′W

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