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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
.
History
Eliezer 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
International
relations
Touques is twinned with:
Sankt Andreasberg
Strathspey, Scotland