Tostes

Tostes
Tostes

Coordinates: 49°15′37″N 1°06′45″E / 49.2603°N 1.1125°E / 49.2603; 1.1125Coordinates: 49°15′37″N 1°06′45″E / 49.2603°N 1.1125°E / 49.2603; 1.1125
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Eure
Arrondissement Les Andelys
Canton Pont-de-l'Arche
Intercommunality Seine-Bord
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Maryannick Deshayes
Area1 12.28 km2 (4.74 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 383
  Density 31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 27648 / 27340
Elevation 79–137 m (259–449 ft)
(avg. 130 m or 430 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Tostes is a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in north-western France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793207    
1800188−9.2%
1806190+1.1%
1821146−23.2%
1831157+7.5%
1836168+7.0%
1841152−9.5%
1846146−3.9%
1851167+14.4%
1856200+19.8%
1861123−38.5%
1866207+68.3%
1872225+8.7%
1876227+0.9%
1881246+8.4%
1886237−3.7%
1891232−2.1%
1896188−19.0%
1901193+2.7%
1906193+0.0%
1911187−3.1%
1921156−16.6%
1926171+9.6%
1931168−1.8%
1936177+5.4%
1946189+6.8%
1954179−5.3%
1962197+10.1%
1968216+9.6%
1975233+7.9%
1982270+15.9%
1990315+16.7%
1999351+11.4%
2008383+9.1%

Personalities

Notable People

  • Joseph Lion: published a study in the Almanac Normand-Percheron in 1908 on the use of potash fertilizer in Normandy[1]

Fictional Characters

Tostes is often accredited as the location of Charles and Emma Bovary's first home in Gustave Flaubert's novel; in actuality, it is the commune of Tôtes (postal code 76890) in the department of Seine-Maritime (previously Seine-Inférieure) that inspired the novelist. The confusion stems from the fact that in the 19th century the names of both locales were indiscriminately spelled as Tostes, Tôtes, or Totes.This information can be found in several sources, including the website of the University of Rouen, which has devoted much of the past two decades to numerous research studies on the genesis of Madame Bovary. On this map, the proximity of Totes to Yvetot leaves no doubt as to the location of the village where Charles Bovary was established as a health officer.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Les Engrais Potassiques en Normandie". Almanac Normand-Percheron. 1908. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
  2. "Les environs de Tôtes à l'époque de Madame Bovary". Université de Rouen. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
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