Touques, Calvados
Touques 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.
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Location of Touques 
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| Coordinates: 49°20′36″N 0°06′10″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Lisieux |
| Canton | Honfleur-Deauville |
| Intercommunality | Cœur Côte Fleurie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Colette Nouvel-Rousselot |
| Area 1 | 8.13 km2 (3.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 3,679 |
| • Density | 450/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. | |
History
- Eliezer (ben Solomon) of Touques was a French tosafist, who lived at Touques in the second half of the thirteenth century. He abridged the tosafot of 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.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 1,469 | — |
| 1968 | 1,587 | +8.0% |
| 1975 | 1,561 | −1.6% |
| 1982 | 2,237 | +43.3% |
| 1990 | 3,070 | +37.2% |
| 1999 | 3,500 | +14.0% |
| 2006 | 3,848 | +9.9% |
| 2008 | 4,033 | +4.8% |
International relations
Touques is twinned with:
- Sankt Andreasberg (Germany)
- Strathspey, Scotland
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