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Touques (river)

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The Touques ( French pronunciation: [tuk] ) is a small 108-kilometre-long (67 mi) coastal river in Pays d'Auge in Normandy , France . The Touques is officially navigable up to the Pont des Belges , 800 m (2,600 ft) 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.

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3-414: 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: This Calvados geographical article

6-483: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in France is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gare de Trouville-Deauville Trouville-Deauville is the station for the towns of Deauville and Trouville-sur-Mer , Normandy . The station is built in neo-normand architecture and is a terminus for two railway lines, the main line from Paris by Lisieux and

9-586: The Côte Fleurie branchline to Dives-Cabourg . The line from Paris and Lisieux opened in 1863. The new station building (in current use) dates from 1931 and was built by Jean Philippot for the Chemin de fer de l'État . 49°21′36″N 0°5′3″E  /  49.36000°N 0.08417°E  / 49.36000; 0.08417 This article about a railway station in the Normandy région of France

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