Tostes

Part of Terres de Bord in Normandy, France

Tostes

Part of Terres de Bord

Location of Tostes

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Coordinates: 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
Commune| Terres de Bord

Area

| 12.28 km2 (4.74 sq mi)
Population

(2022)[1]

| 435
• Density| 35/km2 (92/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code|

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.

Tostes (French pronunciation: [tot]) is a former commune in the Eure department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Terres de Bord.[2]

## Population

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Historical population| Year| Pop.| ±%

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1793| 207| —
1800| 188| −9.2%
1806| 190| +1.1%
1821| 146| −23.2%
1831| 157| +7.5%
1836| 168| +7.0%
1841| 152| −9.5%
1846| 146| −3.9%
1851| 167| +14.4%
1856| 200| +19.8%
1861| 123| −38.5%
1866| 207| +68.3%
1872| 225| +8.7%
1876| 227| +0.9%
1881| 246| +8.4%
1886| 237| −3.7%
1891| 232| −2.1%
| Year| Pop.| ±%

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|

1896| 188| −19.0%
1901| 193| +2.7%
1906| 193| +0.0%
1911| 187| −3.1%
1921| 156| −16.6%
1926| 171| +9.6%
1931| 168| −1.8%
1936| 177| +5.4%
1946| 189| +6.8%
1954| 179| −5.3%
1962| 197| +10.1%
1968| 216| +9.6%
1975| 233| +7.9%
1982| 270| +15.9%
1990| 315| +16.7%
1999| 351| +11.4%
2008| 383| +9.1%

## Personalities

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Notable People

* Joseph Lion: published a study in the Almanac Normand-Percheron in 1908 on the use of potash fertilizer in Normandy[3]

Fictional Characters

* Madame Bovary

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.[4]

## See also

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* Communes of the Eure department

## References

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* Flaubert, Gustave (2010). Davis, Lydia (ed.). Madame Bovary. Viking Adult. ISBN 978-0-670-02207-6.

1. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 16 December 2016 (in French)
3. ^ "Les Engrais Potassiques en Normandie". Almanac Normand-Percheron. 1908. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
4. ^ "Les environs de Tôtes à l'époque de Madame Bovary". Université de Rouen. Retrieved 2013-03-19.

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