Bonneville-sur-Touques

Bonneville-sur-Touques
Commune
The chateau in Bonneville-sur-Touques

Coat of arms
Bonneville-sur-Touques
Location within Normandy region
Bonneville-sur-Touques
Coordinates: 49°20′20″N 0°07′14″E / 49.3389°N 0.1206°E / 49.3389; 0.1206Coordinates: 49°20′20″N 0°07′14″E / 49.3389°N 0.1206°E / 49.3389; 0.1206
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Calvados
Arrondissement Lisieux
Canton Pont-l'Évêque
Intercommunality Blangy Pont-l'Évêque
Government
 • Mayor (2014–) Florence Cothier
Area1 6.63 km2 (2.56 sq mi)
Population (211)2 401
 • Density 60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 14086 /14800
Elevation 3–132 m (9.8–433.1 ft)
(avg. 80 m or 260 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bonneville-sur-Touques is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France, located four kilometres from the urban agglomeration Deauville-Trouville. The commune is principally famous for its 11th century castle, which protected the nearby supply port of Touques. The population is 401.[1]

Etymology

The name Bonneville is attested as far back as 1014, when it appeared in the form Bonnavilla.[2] Old French bonne, or good, already had its current meaning at that time, and ville, or town, which in placenames often has its original meaning of rural area (from the Latin villa rustica), might here have the later sense of "village".[2]

Government

The municipal council has 11 members, including the mayor and two deputies.

List of Mayors

In officeNamePartyProfession
1989-March 2001Marthe Belliot--
March 2001-March 2014Michel LebeyIndependentfarmer, breeder
March 2014-[3]Florence CothierIndependentRetired sales manager

Demographics

The population history of Bonneville-sur-Touques is known back to 1793, when the French government began conducting censuses; municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants were surveyed every five years (larger cities take a yearly count). Bonneville-sur-Touques's peak population was 476 in 1876.

179318001806182118311836184118461851
443403454410433443407448464
185618611866187218761881188618911896
450456450466476460389401387
190119061911192119261931193619461954
366349347370349342319306312
196219681975198219901999200420062009
269284335342354318360374390
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Significant sites

  • Château de Bonneville-sur-Touques, nicknamed "William the Conqueror's ruins" (11th century), classified as a historic monument since 16 November 1964[4]
  • Église Saint-Germain-et-Saint-Loup (18th century)
  • Manoir de la Croix de fer (Iron Cross Manor), bought in 2006 by Tatiana Beck, for 1 million euros.[5]

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2011 French census.
  2. 1 2 Nègre, Ernest (1998). "Toponymie générale de la France". Formations dialectales (suite) et françaises. 3. Genève. p. 1423.
  3. ↑ Florence Cothier est le nouveau maire de la commune, Ouest-France, accessed 10 April 2014. (French)
  4. ↑ Mérimée database, "Restes du château de Guillaume le Conquérant" (French)
  5. ↑ Jean-Pierre Beuve, Ouest-France, 19 février 2009.

Further reading

  • Abbé Noël, Bonneville-sur-Touques, son château, son église, Impr. Domin, 1898
  • André Gilbert, Le Château de Bonneville-sur-Touques, Delesques, Caen, 1894.
  • Jean Bureau, Jean Chennebenoist et Gérard Léo, Touques, ses monuments, son passé. Le château de Bonneville, Trouville, 1968
  • Georges Bernage, « Touques et Bonneville », Patrimoine normand, volume 16, sept.-oct. 1997
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