Condé-sur-Vire

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Conde-sur-Vire
Commune
The church in Condé-sur-Vire
The church in Condé-sur-Vire
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Manche
Arrondissement Saint-Lô
Canton Condé-sur-Vire
Intercommunality Saint-Lô Agglo
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Laurent Pien[1]
Area1 36.36 km2 (14.04 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2 Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'.
INSEE/Postal code 50139 / 50890
Elevation 17–153 m (56–502 ft)
(avg. 28 m or 92 ft)
Website www.conde-sur-vire.com
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Condé-sur-Vire (French pronunciation: ​[kɔ̃de syʁ viʁ], literally Condé on Vire) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Le Mesnil-Raoult was merged into Condé-sur-Vire.[2] On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Troisgots was merged into Condé-sur-Vire.[3]

Geography

Climate

Condé-sur-Vire has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Condé-sur-Vire is 11.1 °C (52.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 937.5 mm (36.91 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 17.8 °C (64.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.4 °C (41.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Condé-sur-Vire was 38.3 °C (100.9 °F) on 5 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −19.0 °C (−2.2 °F) on 17 January 1985.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1968 3,277 —    
1975 3,652 +1.56%
1982 3,718 +0.26%
1990 3,631 −0.30%
1999 3,606 −0.08%
2007 3,861 +0.86%
2012 4,060 +1.01%
2017 4,027 −0.16%
Source: INSEE[5]

Heraldry

The arms of Condé-sur-Vire are blazoned :
Vert, a bend wavy (river) between an enraged bull and a milk-can argent.



People

Among well known people born here is Father Jean de Brébeuf, a martyr and since 1930 a Catholic saint.

Twinning

In the late 1970s, arrangements were made for the twinning of Condé-sur-Vire with Bordon in Hampshire. For several years, parties of civic leaders and school teachers would arrive in Bordon, accompanying 70 or more school children for a week of activities.

See also

References

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  2. Arrêté préfectoral 28 September 2015
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  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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