Bonneville-sur-Touques

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 347 (2017).[2]

Bonneville-sur-Touques
Commune
The chateau in Bonneville-sur-Touques
Coat of arms
Location of Bonneville-sur-Touques
Bonneville-sur-Touques
Bonneville-sur-Touques
Coordinates: 49°20′20″N 0°07′14″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementLisieux
CantonPont-l'Évêque
IntercommunalityBlangy Pont-l'Évêque
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Florence Cothier
Area
1
6.63 km2 (2.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
347
 • Density52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
14086 /14800
Elevation3–132 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.

Etymology

The name Bonneville is attested as far back as 1014, when it appeared in the form Bonnavilla.[3] 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".[3]

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-[4]Florence CothierIndependentRetired sales manager

Demographics

Bonneville-sur-Touques's peak population was 476 in 1876.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793443—    
1800403−1.34%
1806454+2.01%
1821410−0.68%
1831433+0.55%
1836443+0.46%
1841407−1.68%
1846448+1.94%
1851464+0.70%
1856450−0.61%
1861456+0.27%
1866450−0.26%
1872466+0.58%
1876476+0.53%
1881460−0.68%
1886389−3.30%
1891401+0.61%
1896387−0.71%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901366−1.11%
1906349−0.95%
1911347−0.11%
1921370+0.64%
1926349−1.16%
1931342−0.40%
1936319−1.38%
1946306−0.42%
1954312+0.24%
1962269−1.84%
1968284+0.91%
1975335+2.39%
1982342+0.30%
1990354+0.43%
1999318−1.18%
2007379+2.22%
2012392+0.68%
2017347−2.41%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6]

Significant sites
  • Château de Bonneville-sur-Touques, nicknamed "William the Conqueror's ruins" (11th century), classified as a historic monument since 16 November 1964[7]
  • 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.[8]

Notable residents

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
  3. Nègre, Ernest (1998). "Toponymie générale de la France". Formations dialectales (suite) et françaises. 3. Genève. p. 1423. ISBN 9782600028844.
  4. Florence Cothier est le nouveau maire de la commune, Ouest-France, accessed 10 April 2014. (French)
  5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bonneville-sur-Touques, EHESS. (in French)
  6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  7. Mérimée database, "Restes du château de Guillaume le Conquérant" (French)
  8. 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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