The Touques () is a small coastal

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Pays d'Auge The Pays d'Auge (, literally ''Land of Auge'') is an area in Normandy, straddling the ''départements'' of Calvados and Orne (plus a small part of the territory of Eure). The chief town is Lisieux. Geography Generally it consists of the basin o ...

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

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. The Touques is officially navigable up to the Pont des Belges, from its estuary. Its source is in the

Perche Perche () (French: ''le Perche'') is a former province of France, known historically for its forests and, for the past two centuries, for the Percheron draft horse breed. Until the French Revolution, Perche was bounded by four ancient territorie ...

hills, south of

Gacé Gacé () is a commune in the Orne department in Lower-Normandy, north-western France. Population Heraldry Administration Twin towns * Kinross, Perth & Kinross, Scotland See also * Communes of the Orne department The following is a ...

. The river runs northwards, and flows into the

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between the communes of

Deauville Deauville () is a commune in the Calvados department, Normandy, northwestern France. Major attractions include its harbour, race course, marinas, conference centre, villas, Grand Casino, and sumptuous hotels. The first Deauville Asian Film F ...

and

Trouville-sur-Mer Trouville-sur-Mer (, literally ''Trouville on Sea''), commonly referred to as Trouville, is a city of 4,603 inhabitants in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Trouville-sur-Mer borders Deauville across the ...

in North-Western

Calvados Calvados (, , ) is a brandy from Normandy in France, made from apples or pears, or from apples with pears. History In France Apple orchards and brewers are mentioned as far back as the 8th century by Charlemagne. The first known record of Nor ...

. Two ports, the

Port of Trouville-sur-Mer The Port of Trouville-sur-Mer is the Harbor, harbour of the city of Trouville-sur-Mer, France. The large town's position on the estuary of the Touques River, River Touques was a natural establishment of a fish dock. The docks of Trouville const ...

and

Port of Deauville The Port of Deauville is the harbour of the town of Deauville, France. The large town's position on the estuary of the River Touques was ideal for the establishment of a constructed harbour to supplement the fishing docks of Trouville-sur-Mer. ...

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 ''

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'' and towns: *

Orne Orne (; nrf, Ôrne or ) is a département in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne. It had a population of 279,942 in 2019.Gacé Gacé () is a commune in the Orne department in Lower-Normandy, north-western France. Population Heraldry Administration Twin towns * Kinross, Perth & Kinross, Scotland See also * Communes of the Orne department The following is a ...

Lisieux Lisieux () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is the capital of the Pays d'Auge area, which is characterised by valleys and hedged farmland. Name The name of the town derives from the ...

, Pont-l'Évêque, Touques,

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