Bons-Tassilly () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Geography

The river Laizon flows through the commune. in addition the Cassis stream.

Population

National Heritage sites

The Commune has four buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique

  • Polissoir a Neolithic polishing stone, that was listed in 1976.
  • Polissoir another Neolithic polishing stone, that was listed in 1976.
  • Eglise Saint-Quentin de Tassilly is a seventeenth century church, that was listed in 1928.
  • Chapelle de Bons is a seventeenth century church, that was listed in 1928.

Notable people

  • Étienne-François Turgot - (1721 - 1789) was a French naturalist, knight of Malta and governor of French Guiana, who died here.
  • Louis Félix Étienne, marquis de Turgot - (1796 - 1866) a diplomat and politician, who was born here.

See also

  • Communes of the Calvados department

References