Vire Normandy

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Vire Normandy
Coat of arms of Vire Normandy
Vire Normandie (France)
Vire Normandy
region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Vire
Canton Vire
Community association Intercom de la Vire au Noireau
Coordinates 48 ° 50 ′  N , 0 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′  N , 0 ° 53 ′  W
height 84-351 m
surface 138.52 km 2
Residents 17,178 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 124 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 14500
INSEE code

View of Vire, the
administrative center of Vire Normandie

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Vire Normandy is a French municipality with 17,178 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Vire and the Canton of Vire .

Vire Normandie is the southernmost municipality in the Calvados department. It was created as Commune nouvelle as part of a territorial reform on January 1, 2016 through the merger of eight former municipalities, which are now districts of Vire Normandie ( Communes déléguées ). Vire acts as a "superordinate district" as the administrative center.

structure

District former
INSEE code
Area (km²) Population (2016)
Coulonces 14187 15.58 .00744
Maisoncelles-la-Jourdan 14388 13.54 .00461
Roullours 14545 13.15 .00930
Saint-Germain-de-Tallevende-la-Lande-Vaumont00 14584 41.89 01,989
Truttemer-le-Grand 14717 14.69 .00643
Truttemer-le-Petit 14718 05.28 .00101
Vaudry 14730 11.89 01,486
Vire (administrative headquarters) 14762 22.50 11,597

Attractions

  • Coulonces :
  • Maisoncelles-la-Jourdan :
    • Saint-Amand Church, Monument historique
  • Roullours :
    • Saint Martin Church
  • Saint-Germain-de-Tallevende-la-Lande-Vaumont :
  • Truttemer-le-Grand :
    • Saint Martin Church
  • Truttemer-le-Petit :
    • Saint Martin Church
  • Vaudry :
    • Saint-Martin Church, Monument historique
    • Castles
    • Convent of Blon, Monument historique
    • Saint Roch chapel
  • Vire (selection) :
    • Donjon of Vire, Monument historique
    • City gate "Porte Horloge", Monument historique
    • Notre-Dame Church, Monument historique
    • former Hôtel-Dieu , Monument historique
    • former convent, monument historique

Web links

Commons : Vire Normandie  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Information on the municipal merger on calvados.gouv.fr (French)
  2. Population figures retrospectively from January 1, 2016
  3. Saint-Gilles Church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  4. Saint-Amand Church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  5. Dolmen de la Loge aux Sarrazins in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  6. ^ Church of Saint-Martin (Vaudry) in the Palissy database of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  7. ^ Convent of Blon in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  8. ^ Donjon of Vire in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  9. Porte Horloge in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  10. Notre-Dame (Vire) church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  11. Hôtel-Dieu in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  12. ^ Convent (Vire) in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)