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Visit Vire: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vire is situated in the Calvados department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 54 km from Caen, the department capital. (General information: Vire is 237 km from Paris and 306 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Vire
Popular places to visit near Vire: these include Domfront at 32 km and Bagnoles de l'Orne at 46 km.
Domjean is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 20km and Domfront is a listed 'recommended detour' at 32km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Vire: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Vire, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vire
See France This Way travel guides for Calvados and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vire.
Note that all distances from Vire shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vire holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vire (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Normandy and Calvados gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Vire and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Plantbessin (41km) : Argences (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt (Cerisy-la-Foret) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Domjean (20km) : Saint-Fraimbault (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Coutances (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Domfront (32km) :
Map of places to visit near Vire & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vire
Canton: Vire
Arrondissement: Vire
Department: Calvados
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 14500
Distance to Vire
from Caen: 54 km
from Paris: 237 km
from Calais: 306 km
from Nice: 847 km
from Bordeaux: 445 km
from Strasbourg: 634 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vire): Burcy, Campagnolles, Coulonces, Le Mesnil-Robert, Maisoncelles-la-Jourdan, Roullours and Vaudry.
Getting here
Calvados is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive by car typically by ferry into Cherbourg or Caen on the Normandy coast For driving distances to Vire from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vire