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Tournebu is a commune of the d�partement of Calvados, in the Basse-Normandie r�gion, in France. Its postal code is 14220. The INSEE code is 14703.

Administrative

Population: 303
Area: 1,140 ha
Elevation: 150 m
Canton Thury-Harcourt

Sites of interest

donjon/the keep?

Categories: Stub

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Adrian Turnebus (404 words)
	It is said that his father was a Scottish gentleman named Turnbull, who settled in Normandy and gave his name the French form of TournebÊuf.
	From this it became Tournebu, then TurnËbe, in Latin Turnebus.
	Whatever may have been the derivation of his name, Turnebus came from a noble though poor family.

baillod (1551 words)
	Devenu propriétaire de Tournebu en 1794, M. Edme Guyard ayant échappé à la guillotine, se retira en son hôtel de la place Thurin à Valognes.
	Le 1 août 1819, décéda à Tournebu Madame du Bus, grand-mère de la femme du Baron.
	Ce jour-là même, sa mère, son épouse et ses enfants en villégiature à Tournebu, son frère Stanislas et sa sœur Mme Flourens étaient allés en promenade à Carteret.

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