Tourneville-sur-Mer

Not to be confused with Tourneville.

Tourneville-sur-Mer
Commune
From top to bottom, left to right: Town hall, Annoville Castle, Saint-Martin de Lingreville Church, Tourneville Church.
Location of Tourneville-sur-Mer
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Coordinates: 48°57′02″N1°31′37″W / 48.95056°N 1.52694°W / 48.95056; -1.52694
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Coutances
Canton	Quettreville-sur-Sienne
Intercommunality	CC Coutances Mer et Bocage
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Sabrina Regnault [1]
Area 1	17.51 km2 (6.76 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2020) [2]	1,023
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	50272 /50660
Elevation	2–61 m (6.6–200.1 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tourneville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northern France. It was established on 1 January 2023 from the amalgamation of the communes of Annoville and Lingreville. ^[3]

Etymology

Before the French Revolution, there was the parish of Tourneville, which today remains a hamlet adjoining Lingreville. This hamlet is the link between the two former municipalities. The name sur-Mer was added to distinguish it with Tourneville in the Eure department, in the same region. ^[4]

History

A project for a new municipality has been initiated with the municipalities of Annoville, Lingreville, Hauteville-sur-Mer, Montmartin-sur-Mer and Regnéville-sur-Mer ^[5] as the study area. The mayor of Hauteville-sur-Mer was not in favor of it. ^[6] Hauteville would back out of the proposal and the mayors of Regnéville and Montmartin also followed suit. However, the proposal continued with a reduced perimeter between the two neighboring municipalities of Annoville and Lingreville. ^{[7] [8]}

The two municipal councils adopt the project in early July 2022 and thus Annoville and Lingreville merged on 1 January 2023, forming Tourneville-sur-Mer. ^[9]

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
3. "Arrêté du 20 septembre 2022 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Tourneville-sur-Mer". Légifrance. 20 September 2022.
4. "La fusion entre Lingreville et Annoville actée pour le 1er janvier".
5. "Annoville. Commune nouvelle : Annoville poursuit la réflexion avec Lingreville". La Manche Libre. 15 June 2021..
6. "Montmartin-sur-Mer. Commune nouvelle : la fusion n'est pas gagnée".
7. "Lingreville. La commune nouvelle se précise" (in French). Ouest-France. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022..
8. "Commune nouvelle. Annoville et Lingreville, c'est bientôt fini, place à Tourneville-sur-Mer !". La Manche Libre. 9 July 2022..
9. "Délibération n° 2022-43 délibération portant création de la commune nouvelle" (PDF).