Arrondissement of Vire


The arrondissement of Vire is an arrondissement of France in the Calvados department in the Normandy region. It has 44 communes. Its population is 72,565, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Vire, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Amayé-sur-Seulles
  2. Aurseulles
  3. Beaumesnil
  4. Bonnemaison
  5. Brémoy
  6. Cahagnes
  7. Campagnolles
  8. Caumont-sur-Aure
  9. Condé-en-Normandie
  10. Courvaudon
  11. Dialan sur Chaîne
  12. Épinay-sur-Odon
  13. Landelles-et-Coupigny
  14. Landes-sur-Ajon
  15. Les Loges
  16. Longvillers
  17. Maisoncelles-Pelvey
  18. Maisoncelles-sur-Ajon
  19. Malherbe-sur-Ajon
  20. Le Mesnil-au-Grain
  21. Le Mesnil-Robert
  22. Les Monts d'Aunay
  23. Monts-en-Bessin
  24. Noues de Sienne
  25. Parfouru-sur-Odon
  26. Périgny
  27. Pont-Bellanger
  28. Pontécoulant
  29. Saint-Aubin-des-Bois
  30. Saint-Denis-de-Méré
  31. Sainte-Marie-Outre-l'Eau
  32. Saint-Louet-sur-Seulles
  33. Saint-Pierre-du-Fresne
  34. Seulline
  35. Souleuvre-en-Bocage
  36. Terres de Druance
  37. Tracy-Bocage
  38. Valdallière
  39. Val d'Arry
  40. Val de Drôme
  41. Villers-Bocage
  42. La Villette
  43. Villy-Bocage
  44. Vire-Normandie

    History

The arrondissement of Vire was created in 1800. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Calvados, it gained 20 communes from the arrondissement of Caen and four communes from the arrondissement of Bayeux.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Vire were, as of January 2015:
  1. Aunay-sur-Odon
  2. Le Bény-Bocage
  3. Condé-sur-Noireau
  4. Saint-Sever-Calvados
  5. Vassy
  6. Vire

    Sub-prefects