Tournebu
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| local community | Cesny-les-Sources | |
| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Caen | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 58 ′ N , 0 ° 20 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 14220 | |
| Former INSEE code | 14703 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Tournebu Town Hall (Mairie) |
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Tournebu is a village and a former French commune of 356 (as at 1st January 2017) in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy . It belonged to the arrondissement of Caen and the canton of Thury-Harcourt .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Cesny-Bois-Halbout , Acqueville , Angoville , Placy and Tournebu were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Cesny-les-Sources and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Cesny-Bois-Halbout.
geography
Tournebu is located 23 kilometers south of Caen in the hill country of Norman Switzerland . Tournebu is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Moulines in the north, Fontaine-le-Pin in the east and north-east, Ussy in the east and south-east, Saint-Germain-Langot in the south, Martainville in the west and south-west and Acqueville in the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 289 | 297 | 286 | 276 | 309 | 295 | 352 | 367 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Hilaire church
- Tournebu castle from the 13th century, monument historique since 1927
Saint-Hilaire church
Tournebu Castle with the donjon
Personalities
- Guillaume de Tournebu (died 1202), Bishop of Coutances (1184–1202)
