Vire

Vire
local community	Vire Normandy
region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Vire
Coordinates	48 ° 50 ′ N , 0 ° 53 ′ W Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′ N , 0 ° 53 ′ W
Post Code	14500
Former INSEE code	14762
Incorporation	January 1, 2016
status	Commune déléguée
	; Notre-Dame church

Vire is a former French commune with 11,091 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017), the Virois , in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy .

On January 1, 2016, Vire was incorporated into the new municipality of Vire Normandie as part of a regional reform together with seven neighboring municipalities . Vire represents the administrative seat of Vire Normandie as the "superordinate district".

geography

Vire is located in the middle of a hilly landscape . The Vire flows through the place coming from the north. Located in the Orne department located Flers is located approximately 28 km southeast of Vire, Saint-Lô in the Manche department about 38 kilometers north-northwest. Avranches is a good 40 km west-southwest, Caen 60 km northeast.

Population development

year	1793	1836	1876	1926	1946	1968	1990	2013
Residents	7,873	7,339	6,718	5,871	3,929	11,140	12,895	11,597
Source: Cassini, EHESS and INSEE

Sights (selection)

The city gate "Porte Horloge"

Donjon of Vire from the 11th / 12th centuries Century, since 1913 Monument historique
City gate "Porte Horloge" from the 12th century, monument historique since 1886
two towers from the 14th century, classified as a monument historique since 1951
Notre-Dame church from the 13th / 14th centuries Century, since 1862 Monument historique
Former Hôtel-Dieu from the 17th century, a historic monument since 1975
former convent from the 17th century, monument historique since 1975
various churches, castles and other buildings