Vire
Vire, Normandie | |
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Part of Vire Normandie | |
Coordinates: 48°50′N 0°53′W / 48.84°N 0.89°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Calvados |
Arrondissement | Vire |
Canton | Vire Normandie |
Commune | Vire Normandie |
Area 1 | 22.50 km2 (8.69 sq mi) |
Population (2019)[1] | 10,530 |
• Density | 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 14500 |
Elevation | 85–225 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 (French pronunciation:
Geography
The town is located on the river Vire. Much of its surroundings consist of the bocage virois, a type of mixed woodland and pasture common in Normandy.[3]
History
In 1123,
At the beginning of the 13th century, King Louis IX of France ordered that the existing stonework be supplemented with exterior ramparts. However the second precinct was finished only in the early the 14th century.[5]: 7
At the end of the Middle Ages, the village prospered first with leather and then with textiles[6] During the Hundred Years' War, Vire was plundered in 1368 by large military companies,[5] and delivered to the English in 1418. The English occupation would end in 1450, with many considering it a time of brutality and oppression. Notably, the execution of Hugues Vaux, owner of the largest farm of the village, after refusing to give up his farm to the English sergeant Fields, caused much grief among the population. Some inhabitants nevertheless benefited from the English occupation. Eugène Vergny, who provided Fields with information about the movement of the French troops, received the property of Vaux after his execution.[4]
During the reign of
During the 19th century, the village did not respond well to the Industrial Revolution and went into an important recession.
The castle of Tracy, the manor of 19th-century the French historian Arcisse de Caumont, can be found just north of Vire in the old community of Neuville.[7]
Like many other Norman cities and villages, Vire suffered heavily from British bombings on June 6, 1944, or
The reconstruction of began in the 1960s.
Population
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Source: EHESS/Cassini until 1999,[9] INSEE from 2007[10][11] |
Administration
In 1953, Vire was merged with the former commune of Neuville. In 1972, Vire was merged with the former commune of Saint-Martin-de-Tallevende. Since January 2016, it is a delegated commune within the commune Vire Normandie.[12] Vire is part of the canton of Vire Normandie.[13]
Transport
Vire has a large railway station (
Vire is connected to Saint-Lô and Cherbourg-en-Cotentin via RN 174 and to Caen via RD 577 and A84. Vire is also connected to Granville, Villedieu-les-Poêles, Flers, Argentan, Dreux and Paris via RD 924.
Gastronomy
- Andouille, a speciality of Vire.
International relations
Vire is
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Personalities
- Olivier Basselin (c. 1400 – c. 1450, poet.
- Charles-Julien Lioult de Chênedollé (1769–1833), poet
- Jean-Baptiste du Hamel (1624–1706), physicist
- Henry I of England (c. 1068–1135)
- Raymond Lefebvre (1891–1920), writer
- Francis Letellier (born 1964), journalist
- Thomas Pichon (1700–1781), government agent and traitor
See also
References
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 31 December 2015 (in French)
- ^ "Le Bocage Virois". www.tourisme-en-france.com (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-07.
- ^ a b "GASO, la banque du blason - Vire Calvados". Retrieved 8 August 2009. [dead link]
- ^ ISSN 1950-9324. Archived from the originalon July 13, 2011.
- ^ "Vire-tourisme : Vire et les alentours consulté le". Archived from the original on September 11, 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- ^ Arcisse de Caumont, Statistique monumentale du Calvados, editeur= Hardel year= 1857 tome= 3 title: Arrondissements de Vire et de Bayeux passage 92
- ^ Coulonces.com - 2009 – David FELL.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Vire, EHESS (in French).
- ^ "Populations légales 2012: Commune de Vire (14762)". Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
- ^ Commune de Vire (14762), commune déléguée, INSEE
- ^ Décret n° 2014-160 du 17 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Calvados
- ^ a b c d e f g "National Commission for Decentralised cooperation". Délégation pour l’Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2013-12-26.