Touques, Calvados
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The church in Touques | |
Coordinates: 49°20′36″N 0°06′10″E / 49.3433°N 0.1028°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Calvados |
Arrondissement | Lisieux |
Canton | Honfleur-Deauville |
Intercommunality | Cœur Côte Fleurie |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Colette Nouvel-Rousselot[1] |
Area 1 | 8.13 km2 (3.14 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 3,802 |
• Density | 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 14699 /14800 |
Elevation | 2–149 m (6.6–488.8 ft) (avg. 6 m or 20 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Touques (French pronunciation: [tuk] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is situated on the river Touques, 3 km southeast of the sea resort Deauville.
History
- Samson of Sens, Samuel of Évreux, and many others, and added thereto marginal notes of his own, entitled "Gilyon Tosafot," or "Tosafot Gillayon".
- On 1 August 1417 Henry V of England, landed there.
- On 7 March 2021 Olivier Dassault crash landed on board a helicopter there.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,587 | — |
1975 | 1,561 | −0.24% |
1982 | 2,237 | +5.27% |
1990 | 3,070 | +4.04% |
1999 | 3,500 | +1.47% |
2007 | 3,898 | +1.36% |
2012 | 3,920 | +0.11% |
2017 | 3,679 | −1.26% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
International relations
Touques is twinned with:
- Sankt Andreasberg (Germany)
- Strathspey, Scotland
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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