Vire Normandie

Vire Normandie (French pronunciation: [viʁ nɔʁmɑ̃di]) is a commune in the Calvados department and Normandy region of north-western France.

Vire Normandie
Subprefecture and commune
The lock, the church, and surroundings
Location of Vire Normandie
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Coordinates: 48°50′17″N 0°53′20″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Vire
Canton	Vire Normandie
Intercommunality	Intercom de la Vire au Noireau
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Nicole Desmottes[1]
Area 1	138.52 km2 (53.48 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	17,411
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

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.^[3]

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

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[4]

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Vire Normandie is twinned with:^[5]

• Baunatal, Germany
• Săcele, Romania
• Santa Fe, Spain
• Totnes, England, United Kingdom

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department