Torigni-sur-Vire | |
Arrondissement: | Saint-Lô |
Canton: | Condé-sur-Vire |
Insee: | 50601 |
Postal Code: | 50160 |
Commune: | Torigny-les-Villes |
Coordinates: | 49.0361°N -0.9783°W |
Elevation M: | 78 |
Elevation Min M: | 53 |
Elevation Max M: | 139 |
Area Km2: | 3.01 |
Population: | 2325 |
Population Date: | 2019 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Demonym: | Torignais.e |
Torigni-sur-Vire (pronounced as /fr/, "Torigni-on-Vire"), also known as Torigny, 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.
During the Middle Ages, Torigni was a lordship (French: seigneur de Torigny) within the Duchy of Normandy. Margaret of Burgundy sold it to Pierre the Fat, chamberlain of PhilipIV, for 9500 French: [[livres tournois]] (about 768kg (1,693lb) 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.[2]