- Vire
French commune
nomcommune=Vire
Vire from the place du Château
région=Basse-Normandie
département=Calvados
("sous-préfecture")
arrondissement=Vire (chef-lieu )
canton= Vire (chef-lieu )
insee=14762
cp=14500
maire=Jean-Yves Cousin
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes de Vire
longitude=-0.889166666667
latitude=48.8386111111
alt moy=134 m
alt mini=85 m
alt maxi=225 m
hectares=2,250
km²=22.50
sans=12,815
date-sans=1999
dens=569.56
date-dens=1999Vire is a commune and the seat of a canton of the
Calvados "département" in theBasse-Normandie region ofFrance .Geography
The town is located near the
Vire River .Administration
Vire amalgamated two communes in 19 years:
*Neuville in
1953
*Saint-Martin-de-Tallevende in1972 , (old INSEE code: 14631), a partner with a population of 1,117 inhabitants in 1999.Gastronomy
*
andouille , a speciality of Vire.Communes of the canton include
*
Vaudry
*Saint Germain de Tallevende Miscellaneous
Vire is twinned with:
*Totnes , SouthDevon ,United Kingdom
* Santa Fe,Spain
*Baunatal ,Germany
*Atlacomulco ,Mexico
*Săcele ,Romania
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