Le Tronquay, Eure

Le Tronquay
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Le Tronquay
Location within Upper Normandy region Le Tronquay
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Eure
Arrondissement	Les Andelys
Canton	Lyons-la-Forêt
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marcel Le Roy
Area1	19.06 km2 (7.36 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	480
• Density	25/km2 (65/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	27664 / 27480
Elevation	85–179 m (279–587 ft) (avg. 155 m or 509 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.

Le Tronquay is a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in northern France. It is located in the forest of Lyons, 100 km from Paris and 30 km from Rouen. The village has two primary schools. The commune of Le Tronquay includes the localities Les Cornets, La Grand Fray, La Motte, Le Fresnay, and Les Landez, and notable farms are Les Callouettes, Les Brûlins, Le Bâtiment, and La Garenne.

History

Le Tronquay was first mentioned in the 12th century. The name Tronquay is probably related to the word tronc meaning "trunk". In 1787, the commune Les Hogues was separated from the territory of Le Tronquay.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,471	—
1800	1,392	−5.4%
1806	1,395	+0.2%
1821	1,331	−4.6%
1831	1,225	−8.0%
1836	1,317	+7.5%
1841	1,249	−5.2%
1846	1,194	−4.4%
1851	1,207	+1.1%
1856	1,097	−9.1%
1861	1,059	−3.5%
1866	977	−7.7%
1872	911	−6.8%
1876	880	−3.4%
1881	817	−7.2%
1886	805	−1.5%
1891	723	−10.2%
1896	662	−8.4%
1901	603	−8.9%
1906	577	−4.3%
1911	546	−5.4%
1921	488	−10.6%
1926	492	+0.8%
1931	510	+3.7%
1936	465	−8.8%
1946	474	+1.9%
1954	460	−3.0%
1962	464	+0.9%
1968	392	−15.5%
1975	403	+2.8%
1982	372	−7.7%
1990	410	+10.2%
1999	391	−4.6%
2008	480	+22.8%

Personalities

• Pierre Guarin, benedictine monk, who published works on Hebrew grammar
• Nicolas Brémontier (1738 in Tronquay - 1809 in Paris)- a general inspector of the départmental routes. He was the first in France who applied plantations of maritime pines in order to fixate moving sand dunes.

See also

• Le Tronquay, Calvados
• Communes of the Eure department

References

• INSEE