Tostes

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

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

Tostes 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.

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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.