Vire Normandie
| Vire Normandie | |
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| Subprefecture and commune | |
| The lock, the church, and surroundings
The lock, the church, and surroundings
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| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Vire |
| Canton | Vire Normandie |
| Intercommunality | Intercom de la Vire au Noireau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marc Andreu-Sabater[1] |
| Area1 | 138.52 km2 (53.48 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2018)2 | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. |
| 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 without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Vire Normandie (French pronunciation: [viʁ nɔʁmɑ̃di]) is a commune in the Calvados department and Normandy region of north-western France.
It was established on 1 January 2016 as a result of the merger of the former communes of Vire (seat of the new municipality), Coulonces, Maisoncelles-la-Jourdan, Roullours, Saint-Germain-de-Tallevende-la-Lande-Vaumont, Truttemer-le-Grand, Truttemer-le-Petit and Vaudry.[2]
Vire Normandie is the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of the arrondissement of Vire. Vire station has rail connections to Argentan, Paris and Granville.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1968 | 16,889 | — |
| 1975 | 18,334 | +1.18% |
| 1982 | 19,050 | +0.55% |
| 1990 | 18,397 | −0.44% |
| 1999 | 18,564 | +0.10% |
| 2007 | 18,562 | −0.00% |
| 2012 | 17,884 | −0.74% |
| 2017 | 17,178 | −0.80% |
| Populations of the area corresponding with the commune of Vire Normandie at 1 January 2020. Source: INSEE[3] |
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Twin towns – sister cities
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Vire Normandie is twinned with:[4]
See also
References
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