Tournebu
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Tournebu is a commune
in the Calvados
department in the Basse-Normandie
region
in northwestern France
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The de Tournebu family, in medieval times one of the most powerful of the noblesse ancienne, counting among its members chevaliers, seigneurs, crusaders, deans and bishops, derived its name from the lordship of this village. In 1958 in a precedent-setting case, descendants of the de Tournebu family brought suit against another French noble family, the de Foucaults, to prevent them using the de Tournebu name in their title.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Calvados
Calvados
The French department of Calvados is part of the region of Basse-Normandie in Normandy. It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the English Channel coast...
department in the Basse-Normandie
Basse-Normandie
Lower Normandy is an administrative region of France. It was created in 1956, when the Normandy region was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy...
region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
in northwestern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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The de Tournebu family, in medieval times one of the most powerful of the noblesse ancienne, counting among its members chevaliers, seigneurs, crusaders, deans and bishops, derived its name from the lordship of this village. In 1958 in a precedent-setting case, descendants of the de Tournebu family brought suit against another French noble family, the de Foucaults, to prevent them using the de Tournebu name in their title.