Trouville-sur-Mer

Trouville-sur-Mer, commonly referred to as Trouville, is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Trouville-sur-Mer
Commune
Banks of the Touques River
Coat of arms
Location of Trouville-sur-Mer
Trouville-sur-Mer Trouville-sur-Mer
Coordinates: 49°22′06″N 0°04′57″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Lisieux
Canton	Honfleur-Deauville
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Christian Cardon
Area ^1	6.79 km^2 (2.62 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	4,628
• Density	680/km^2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14715 /14360
Elevation	0–148 m (0–486 ft) (avg. 5 m or 16 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Trouville-sur-Mer borders Deauville. This village of fishermen is a popular tourist attraction in Normandy.

Gallery

• 
  Eugène Boudin, The Beach at Trouville, 1865, Princeton University Art Museum
• 
  Eugène Boudin, The Beach at Trouville (Trouville, La Plage), Brooklyn Museum

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 938 —     1800 628 −33.0% 1806 1,072 +70.7% 1821 1,236 +15.3% 1831 1,464 +18.4% 1836 1,673 +14.3% 1841 1,887 +12.8% 1846 2,267 +20.1% 1851 3,504 +54.6% 1856 4,163 +18.8% 1861 5,200 +24.9% 1866 5,694 +9.5% 1872 5,761 +1.2% 1876 5,886 +2.2% 1881 6,263 +6.4% 1886 6,308 +0.7% 1891 6,243 −1.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 6,264 +0.3% 1901 6,137 −2.0% 1906 6,401 +4.3% 1911 6,190 −3.3% 1921 6,262 +1.2% 1926 6,514 +4.0% 1931 6,465 −0.8% 1936 6,182 −4.4% 1946 7,585 +22.7% 1954 7,040 −7.2% 1962 6,622 −5.9% 1968 6,429 −2.9% 1975 6,618 +2.9% 1982 6,008 −9.2% 1990 5,607 −6.7% 1999 5,411 −3.5% 2008 4,864 −10.1%

The town's inhabitants are called Trouvillais.

International relations

Trouville-sur-Mer is twinned with:

• Barnstaple, United Kingdom[2]
• Vrchlabí, Czech Republic

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 2013-07-11.

External links

• Short history of this surprising town with pictures
• Trouville-sur-Mer pictures
• An important character who lived in Trouville was Savignac, his art is the brand of the town. View here: http://www.normandythenandnow.com/udders-savignac-and-trouville-sur-mer/