Vire, an ancient and pretty town of Normandy, in the dept. of Calvados, on the Vire, 35 miles SW. of Caen. It stands on a rock, is built of granite, and is surrounded by hills, between which are the beautiful valleys of Vire—Vaux de Vire (see VAUDEVILLE). Pop. (1891) 6635.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 489
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