Transfer

Geography

The commune is located on the Vire, river coastal of which it shares the name, with its junction with the Virène. It is in the south of a basin surrounded by hills of the Bocage virois, country of the North-East of the Armorican Massif.

History

In 1123, Henri I {{er}} Beauclerc, king d' Angleterre and duke of Normandy, makes build on a rocky outcrop, circumvented by a meander of the Vire, a square Donjon. This building, about 1400, is supplemented later by ramparts. The city becomes prosperous, initially by the activities of leather, then by the industry clothier.

Under the reign of Louis XIII, like good number of defensive constructions of the the Middle Ages which can serve as possible rebellions (huguenotes in particular), the castle and its enclosure is dismantled on order of Richelieu.

The 19th century, the city resists the industrialization badly and undergoes an important recession.

The June 6th, 1944 around 8 p.m., like much of cities Normans, Vire undergoes the allied strategic bombardments and is destroyed with more than 80% (). The rebuilding is carried out until the beginning of the the Sixties.

Administration

Transfer amalgamated with common neighbors:

Neuville in 1953;
Saint-Martin-with-Tallevende in 1972, Common partner who counted 1 117 inhabitants in 1999.

; Lists of the mayors of Transfers:

Infrastructures

Leisures

a swimming pool built in 2002 (Web site)
a media library in 2006
a superb complex theater - cinema - hall of exposure
a hippodrome (located on the commune of Saint-Martin-with-Tallevende)
a Youth club and arts center (Web site)

Education

Colleges

Collège Valley of Transfers
Collège Emile Maupas
Holy Collège Jean Eudes (private under contract)

Colleges

Lycée Marie Curie (Mainstream education and public)
Lycée Holy Jean Eudes (Mainstream education and private)
Agricultural college of Transfers
Lycée Jean Mermoz (Vocational school and Public)

Demography

Historic buildings

Old fortifications ( the ramparts )

the Porte Clock (main door of the city)
Ruine of the keep
Tour with groove
Tour Saint-Saver (old door, but there remains only one tower)
Tour of jail
Tour of the street of ditch
Tour of Coulonces

Religious architecture

Ruins Saint-Thomas (ruins of the Saint-Thomas church)
Church Notre-Dame de Vire
the Hospital (current museum)

Civil architecture

Sub-prefecture (18th century)
Law courts (19th century)
Town hall (20th century, rebuilding)
Theater (fine 20th century)

Sport

Vire was a stage city of the Tour de France 1997

Personalities related to the city

Born with transfers

by chronological order

Rene Richard Louis Manor house (1758-1832), poet, naturalist and deputy of the Apple-brandy
Nicolas Lalleman (1764-1814), satirical poet
Octave Gréard (1828-1904), French pedagog and academic
Rene Levavasseur (1881-1962), architect
Jean Drucker (1941-2003), director of television channel
Michel Drucker (1942) presenter of television, brother of Jean
Francis Letellier, journalist, presenter of the Evening 3, on France 3

Other personalities

Olivier Basselin (~1400-~1450) poet popular and looked like the inventor of the light comedy, of which the name seems to have for origin Vaux Transfers , site in the vicinity immediate of the city.

Economy

Guy Degrenne, factory created in 1967
It & Transfers
the Company Of the Cheeses

Gastronomy

The andouille is the gastronomical speciality of Transfers.

Twinnings

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