Condé-sur-Vire (, literally ''Condé on Vire'') is a commune in the
Manche
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Normandy
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Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...
in north-western
France
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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
oceanic climate
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Köppen climate classification
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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
Catholic
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saint.
Twinning
In the late 1970s, arrangements were made for the twinning of Condé-sur-Vire with Bordon in
Hampshire
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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
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