Touques (other)
Touques can refer to: * Touques, Calvados, a commune of the Calvados ''département'', in northern France * Touques (river), a small coastal river in Normandy, France, * the plural form of ''touque'', a regional variation of ''tuque/toque'' (a knitted hat, usually made of wool). See also * * * Toque (other) * Tuque (other) A tuque (toque) is a type of knit cap. Tuque may also refer to: * Tuque Creek, Warren County, Missouri, USA; a creek * La Tuque, Quebec, Canada (french: The Tuque); a city in Mauricie on the Saint-Maurice River * El Tuque, Ponce, Puerto Rico ( es ...

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 (ben Solomon) 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. *On 7 March 2021 Olivier Dassault crash landed on board a helicopter there. Population International relations Touques is twinned with: * Sankt Andreasberg (Germany) * Strathspey, Scotland See also *Communes of the Calvados department The following is a list of the 528 communes of the Calvados department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):
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Touques (river)
The Touques () is a small coastal river in Pays d'Auge in Normandy, France. The Touques is officially navigable up to the Pont des Belges, from its estuary. Its source is in the Perche hills, south of Gacé. The river runs northwards, and flows into the English Channel between the communes of Deauville and Trouville-sur-Mer in North-Western Calvados. Two ports, the Port of Trouville-sur-Mer and Port of Deauville are situated on the river mouth opposite each other. The Touques was diverted and straightened at the end of the 19th century and the neighbouring swamps dried and built on. Trouville-Deauville station was built on the river's former bed. Trouville's harbour dock wall was rebuilt at the end of the 1990s due to erosion of the dock's stone wall. The Touques flows through the following ''départements'' and towns: *Orne: Gacé *Calvados: Lisieux, Pont-l'Évêque, Touques, Trouville-sur-Mer, Deauville Deauville () is a commune in the Calvados department, Normandy, ...
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Tuque
A knit cap is a piece of knitted headwear designed to provide warmth in cold weather. It usually has a simple tapered shape, although more elaborate variants exist. Historically made of wool, it is now often made of synthetic fibers. Found all over the world where the climate demands warm clothing, knit caps are known by a variety of local names. In American English this type of hat is known as a ''beanie'' or a "watch cap,", while in Canadian English, a knit cap is known as a ', ', or ' (pronounced ). Construction Most knit caps are tapered at the top. The stretch of the knitting itself hugs the head, keeping the cap secure. They are sometimes topped with a pom-pom or loose tassels. Knit caps may have a folded brim, or none, and may be worn tightly fitting the head or loose on top. A South American tradition from the Andes Mountains is for the cap to have ear flaps, with strings for tying under the chin. A special type of cap called a balaclava folds down over the head wi ...
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Toque (other)
A toque is any of a variety of hats. Toque may also refer to: * La Tuque, Quebec, a Canadian city * Toques, Spain, Spanish municipality * Flamenco guitar playing * Toque, a ceremony or polyrhythmic composition using the Batá drum * Toque, a ritual in the Candomblé religion * Tuque (toque), a type of winter hat See also * Toque-Toque Islands, São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil * * Tuque (other) * Touques (other) * Toke (other) Toke may refer to: * Toke (lake) in Norway * Toke (given name) * Toke Atoll in the Marshall Islands * Toke Station in Japan * Toke, as in 'toke it up', refers to the smoking of cannabis ''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the ...