Vire

Vire
Vire from the Place du Château
Location of Vire
Vire
Vire
Coordinates: 48°50′19″N 0°53′21″W / 48.8386°N 0.8892°W / 48.8386; -0.8892
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementVire
CantonVire
Area
1
22.5 km2 (8.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
29,329
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
14762 /14500
Elevation85–225 m (279–738 ft)
(avg. 134 m or 440 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vire is a former commune in Normandy in the Calvados department in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it became a part of the new commune of Vire-Normandie.[1]

References

  1. Arrêté préfectoral 31 December 2015 (in French)