Bonneville-sur-Touques
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Lisieux | |
| Canton | Pont-l'Évêque | |
| Community association | Blangy Pont-l'Évêque Intercom | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 20 ′ N , 0 ° 7 ′ W | |
| height | 3–132 m | |
| surface | 6.63 km 2 | |
| Residents | 347 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 52 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 14800 | |
| INSEE code | 14086 | |
Bonneville-sur-Touques is a French municipality with 347 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) of the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy . Administratively it is assigned to the canton of Pont-l'Évêque and the Arrondissement of Lisieux . The inhabitants are called Bonnevillais .
geography
Bonneville-sur-Touques is located about 23 kilometers south-southwest of Le Havre in the Pays d'Auge landscape near the Atlantic coast of the English Channel and on the Touques , which borders the municipality in the west. Bonneville-sur-Touques is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Touques in the north, Saint-Gatien-des-Bois in the east and northeast, Englesqueville-en-Auge in the east, Canapville in the southeast, Saint-Étienne-la-Thillaye in the south, Tourgéville in the West and south-west and Saint-Arnoult to the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 269 | 284 | 335 | 342 | 354 | 318 | 374 | 383 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Germain-Saint-Loup church from the 18th century
- Bonneville-sur-Touques castle from the 11th century, monument historique since 1964
- Mansion
Personalities
- Robert de Ros (around 1182–1227), Vogt of Bonneville-sur-Touques
Trivia
William the Conqueror is said to have used the castle here in preparation for the conquest of England and regularly for hunting in the surrounding forests. The castle is said to have been used by Johann Ohneland .
