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Encyclopedia > Tournebu

Tournebu is a commune of the département of Calvados, in the Basse-Normandie région, 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

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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 sÅ“ur Mme Flourens étaient allés en promenade à Carteret.
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