Vire, the Glossary
Vire is a town and a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.[1]
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57 relations: A84 autoroute, Andouille, Arcisse de Caumont, Argentan, Atlacomulco, Baunatal, Bocage, Brittany, Caen – Carpiquet Airport, Calvados (department), Canton of Vire Normandie, Cardinal Richelieu, Charles-Julien Lioult de Chênedollé, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Communes of France, Communes of the Calvados department, Departments of France, Devon, Dreux, Duchy of Normandy, Duke of Normandy, Flers, Orne, Fortification, France, Franceville, Francis Letellier, Granville, Manche, Henry I of England, Huguenots, Hundred Years' War, Industrial Revolution, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Jean-Baptiste du Hamel, Louis IX of France, Louis XIII, Maine (province), Middle Ages, Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Normandy (administrative region), Normandy landings, Olivier Basselin, Paris, Pathfinder (RAF), Raymond Lefebvre, Regions of France, Saint-Lô, Santa Fe, Granada, Săcele, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Sister city, ... Expand index (7 more) »
A84 autoroute
The A84 autoroute is a major motorway in western France completed on 27 January 2003 to connect the cities of Rennes in Brittany with Caen in Lower Normandy.
Andouille
Andouille (from Latin) is a smoked sausage made using pork, originating in France but best known as an element in Cajun cuisine.
Arcisse de Caumont
Arcisse de Caumont (20 August 1801, Bayeux – 16 April 1873, Caen) was a French historian and archaeologist.
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Argentan
Argentan is a commune and the seat of two cantons and of an arrondissement in the Orne department in northwestern France.
Atlacomulco
Atlacomulco is one of 125 municipalities in the State of Mexico located in the northwest of the State of Mexico in central Mexico, from the state capital of Toluca.
Baunatal
Baunatal is a town in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany.
Bocage
Bocage is a terrain of mixed woodland and pasture characteristic of parts of northern France, southern England, Ireland, the Netherlands, northern Spain and northern Germany, in regions where pastoral farming is the dominant land use.
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Brittany
Brittany (Bretagne,; Breizh,; Gallo: Bertaèyn or Bertègn) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.
Caen – Carpiquet Airport
Caen – Carpiquet Airport (French: Aéroport de Caen - Carpiquet) is an international airport located in Carpiquet, 6 km west of Caen, both communes of the Calvados département in the Normandy (formerly Lower Normandy) region of France.
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Calvados (department)
Calvados is a department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
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Canton of Vire Normandie
The canton of Vire Normandie (before 2021: Vire) is an administrative division of the Calvados department, northwestern France.
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Cardinal Richelieu
Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu (9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French statesman and prelate of the Catholic Church.
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Charles-Julien Lioult de Chênedollé
Charles-Julien Lioult de Chênedollé (4 November 1769 – 2 December 1833) was a French poet.
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Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (Norman: Tchidbouo) is a port city in the department of Manche, Normandy, northwestern France, established on 1 January 2016.
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Communes of France
The is a level of administrative division in the French Republic.
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Communes of the Calvados department
The following is a list of the 528 communes of the Calvados department of France.
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Departments of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes.
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Devon
Devon (historically also known as Devonshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
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Dreux
Dreux is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.
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Duchy of Normandy
The Duchy of Normandy grew out of the 911 Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between King Charles III of West Francia and the Viking leader Rollo.
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Duke of Normandy
In the Middle Ages, the duke of Normandy was the ruler of the Duchy of Normandy in north-western France.
Flers, Orne
Flers is a commune in the Orne department in Normandy, France.
Fortification
A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
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Franceville
Franceville is one of the four largest cities in Gabon, with a population of 110,568 at the 2013 census.
Francis Letellier
Francis Letellier (born 19 December 1964) is a French journalist who works on France 3.
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Granville, Manche
Granville (Norman: Graunville) is a commune in the Manche department and region of Normandy, northwestern France.
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Henry I of England
Henry I (– 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135.
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Huguenots
The Huguenots were a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestantism.
Hundred Years' War
The Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the Late Middle Ages.
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Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of the human economy towards more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the Agricultural Revolution.
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Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques
The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques), abbreviated INSEE or Insee, is the national statistics bureau of France.
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Jean-Baptiste du Hamel
Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel, Duhamel or du Hamel (11 June 1624 – 6 August 1706) was a French cleric and natural philosopher of the late seventeenth century, and the first secretary of the Academie Royale des Sciences.
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Louis IX of France
Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), commonly revered as Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270.
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Louis XIII
Louis XIII (sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown.
Maine (province)
Maine is one of the traditional provinces of France.
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
Monarchy of the United Kingdom
The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary monarch reigns as the head of state, with their powers regulated by the British Constitution.
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Normandy (administrative region)
Normandy (Normandie) is the northwesternmost of the eighteen regions of France, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy.
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Normandy landings
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War.
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Olivier Basselin
Olivier Basselin;; was a French poet.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city of France.
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Pathfinder (RAF)
The Pathfinders were target-marking squadrons in RAF Bomber Command during World War II.
Raymond Lefebvre
Raymond-Louis Lefebvre (24 April 1891, Vire – presumed date of death 1 October 1920) was a French writer and political activist.
Regions of France
France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (régions, singular région), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while the other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas collectivities, which have a semi-autonomous status).
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Saint-Lô
Saint-Lô (Sant Lo) is a commune in northwest France, the capital of the Manche department in the region of Normandy.
Santa Fe, Granada
Santa Fe is a Spanish municipality in the province of Granada, situated in the Vega de Granada, irrigated by the river Genil.
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Săcele
Săcele (German: Siebendörfer; Hungarian: Négyfalu, between 1950 and 2001 Szecseleváros) is a city in Brașov County, Romania, in the Burzenland area of southeastern Transylvania, with a population of 30,920 inhabitants in 2021.
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The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (École des hautes études en sciences sociales; EHESS) is a graduate grande école and grand établissement in Paris focused on academic research in the social sciences.
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Sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
Thomas Pichon
Thomas Pichon (30 March 1700 – 22 November 1781), also known as Thomas Tyrell, was a French government agent during Father Le Loutre's War.
Totnes
Totnes is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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Villedieu-les-Poêles
Villedieu-les-Poêles is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.
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Vire (river)
The Vire is a river in Normandy, France whose course crosses the départements of Calvados and Manche, flowing through the towns of Vire, Saint-Lô and Isigny-sur-Mer, finally flowing out into the English Channel.
Vire Normandie
Vire Normandie is a commune in the Calvados department and Normandy region of north-western France.
Vire station
Gare de Vire is a railway station serving the subprefecture of Vire-Normandie, Calvados department, northwestern France.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vire
Also known as Neuville, Calvados.
, Thomas Pichon, Totnes, Villedieu-les-Poêles, Vire (river), Vire Normandie, Vire station, World War II.