Vire

The Vire is a river in Normandy, whose 128 km course crosses the départements of and , flowing through the towns of , and , finally flowing out into the .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: tributary of the English Channel in France
  • Also known as: “La Vire”, “La Vire Rivière”, and “Vire River”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Église Saint-Clément d’Osmanville and Town hall of Isigny-sur-Mer.

Church
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is a church.

Town hall
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is situated 3 km south of Vire.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 3 km northeast of Vire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Clément and Géfosse-Fontenay.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Village
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is a commune in the department in the region in northwestern . is situated 3 km northeast of Vire.

Village
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is a commune in the department in the region of northwestern . It is on the departmental border with , on both the and Vire rivers, which join at Isigny; this fertile grassland region makes it renowned for its dairy products, including butters and creams. is situated 3 km south of Vire.

Vire

Latitude
49.34671° or 49° 20′ 48″ north
Longitude
-1.11683° or 1° 7′ 1″ west
Open location code
8CXW8VWM+M7
Geo­Names ID
2967971
Wiki­data ID
Q1346326
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Vire” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Vire”
  • Belarusian: “Вір”
  • Breton: “Vire”
  • Catalan: “La Vire”
  • Catalan: “Vire”
  • Cebuano: “Vire”
  • Chinese: “維爾河”
  • Chinese: “维尔河”
  • Czech: “La Vire”
  • Czech: “Vire”
  • Danish: “Vire-floden”
  • Danish: “Vire”
  • Danish: “Virefloden”
  • Dutch: “Vire (rivier in Frankrijk)”
  • Dutch: “Vire”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فير”
  • Esperanto: “Vire”
  • Finnish: “Vire”
  • French: “Vire”
  • German: “Vire”
  • Irish: “Vire”
  • Italian: “Vire”
  • Japanese: “ヴィール水路”
  • Macedonian: “Вир”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vire”
  • Polish: “Vire”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Vire”
  • Portuguese: “Vire”
  • Russian: “Вир”
  • Serbian: “Вир”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vire (rijeka)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vire”
  • Slovenian: “Vire”
  • Spanish: “Rio Vire”
  • Spanish: “Río Vire”
  • Spanish: “Vire”
  • Ukrainian: “Вір”

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