Vire

Région	Lower Normandy
Département	Calvados
Arrondissement	Arrondissement of Vire (seat)
Cantons	(seat)
Postal Code	14500
INSEE Code	14762
Habitants
Population	12,815 habitants(1999)
Population density	569.56
Intercommunalité	communauté de communes de Vire (2004)
Size	22.5 km²
Mayor

Vire is a commune and the chief town of a canton of the Calvados département, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France.

Contents

1 Geography

Geography

The city is located near the Vire River.

Vire amalgamated two communes in 19 year timeline:

Neuville in 1953
Saint-Martin-des-Tallevende in 1972, (old INSEE code: 14631), a partner with a population of 1,117 inhabitants in 1999.