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Torigni-sur-Vire

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Part of Torigny-les-Villes in Normandy, France

Torigni-sur-Vire
Part of Torigny-les-Villes

Location of Torigni-sur-Vire
49°02′10″N 0°58′42″W / 49.0361°N 0.9783°W / 49.0361; -0.9783
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Saint-Lô
Canton	Condé-sur-Vire
Commune	Torigny-les-Villes
Area ¹	3.01 km² (1.16 sq mi)
Population (2019)^[1]	2,325
• Density	770/km² (2,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Torignais.e
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	50160
Elevation	53–139 m (174–456 ft) (avg. 78 m or 256 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Torigni-sur-Vire (French pronunciation: [tɔʁiɲi syʁ viʁ], "Torigni-on-Vire"), also known as Torigny,^[2] is a former commune in the Manche department, Normandy, northwestern France. It was reformed in 2016 to create Torigny-les-Villes and houses that commune's seat of government. The town is home to the Château des Matignon.

History

During the Middle Ages, Torigni was a lordship (seigneur de Torigny) within the Duchy of Normandy. Margaret of Burgundy sold it to Pierre the Fat, chamberlain of Philip IV, for 9500 livres tournois^[2] (about 768 kg or 1,700 lb of fine silver). It was also the home of the 12th-century chronicler Robert of Torigni.

On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Torigny-les-Villes.^[3]

Heraldry

The arms of Torigni-sur-Vire are blazoned :
Azure, a 2-towered castle enflamed argent.

Canting arms. Form "rébus"=Tour (tower) +ignis (fire) = towers aflame. Actually, the name Torigni comes from low latin:Toriniacum, domain of Taurin.)

References

Citations

^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ ^a ^b Depoin (1913), s.v. "VI. Pierre VI de Chambly".
^ Arrêté préfectoral 28 September 2015 (in French)

Bibliography

Depoin, Louis-Joseph (1913), "La Maison de Chambly sous les Capétiens Directs" [The House of Chambly under the Capetians Proper], Bulletin Philologique et Historique (Jusqu'a 1715) [Philogical and Historical Bulletin (up to 1715)] (in French), Paris: National Printing Office, pp. 117–162.