Vire
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| Commune of Vire | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 00° 53' 21" W |
| Latitude | 48° 50' 19" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Basse-Normandie |
| Département | Calvados (sous-préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Vire |
| Canton | Vire |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de Vire |
| Mayor | Jean Yves Cousin (2001 - 2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Land area¹ | 22.50 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
12,815 |
| - Density (1999) | 569/km² |
| 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: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Vire is a commune and the chief town of a canton of the Calvados département, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France.
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[edit] Geography
The city is located near the Vire River.
[edit] Administration
Vire amalgamated two communes in 19 year timeline:
- 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
- andouille, a speciality of Vire.
[edit] Communes of the canton include
- Vaudry
- Saint Germain de Tallevende
[edit] Miscellaneous
Vire is twinned with:
Totnes, South Devon, United Kingdom
Santa-Fé, Spain
Baunatal, Germany
Atlacomulco, Mexico
Sàcele, Romania
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