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Condé-sur-Vire (, literally ''Condé on Vire'') is a commune in the
Manche Manche (, ; Norman language, Norman: ) is a coastal Departments of France, French ''département'' in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy on the English Channel, which is known as , literally "the sleeve", in French. Manche is bordered by ...
department in
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in north-western
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. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Le Mesnil-Raoult was merged into Condé-sur-Vire. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Troisgots was merged into Condé-sur-Vire.Arrêté préfectoral
22 July 2016


Geography


Climate

Condé-sur-Vire has an
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''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Condé-sur-Vire is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Condé-sur-Vire was on 5 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 17 January 1985.


Population


Heraldry


People

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


Twinning

In the late 1970s, arrangements were made for the twinning of Condé-sur-Vire with Bordon in
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. 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

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Communes of the Manche department The following is a list of the 445 communes of the Manche department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Condesurvire {{SaintLô-geo-stub