Le Torquesne
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Lisieux | |
| Canton | Pont-l'Évêque | |
| Community association | Blangy Pont-l'Évêque Intercom | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 13 ′ N , 0 ° 10 ′ E | |
| height | 93-147 m | |
| surface | 5.26 km 2 | |
| Residents | 509 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 97 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 14130 | |
| INSEE code | 14694 | |
| Website | http://www.letorquesne.fr/ | |
Le Torquesne is a French municipality with 509 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 Torquesnois .
geography
Le Torquesne is located about 30 kilometers south-southeast of Le Havre in the Pays d'Auge landscape . Le Torquesne is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Hymer in the north and west, Le Breuil-en-Auge in the east and north-east, Coquainvilliers in the south and south-east, Manerbe in the south and Formentin in the south-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 216 | 204 | 155 | 205 | 245 | 301 | 400 | 478 |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame church from the 16th / 17th centuries century
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Calvados. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-111-2 , pp. 251-253.
Web links
Commons : Le Torquesne - collection of images, videos and audio files
