Port of Trouville-sur-Mer

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Port of Trouville-sur-Mer.

Fish market.

Port of Trouville-sur-Mer is the harbour of the city of Trouville-sur-Mer, France. The large town's position on the estuary of the River Touques was a natural establishment of a fish dock.

The docks of Trouville constitute a district within the city. It is situated on the River Touques, along the Boulevard Fernand Moureaux and downstream from the Pont des Belges. The main building on the docks is the fish market (marché aux poissons).

In 1934, mayor Fernand Moureaux, desiring to emphasise the traditional character of Trouville, as opposed to Deauville's grand chic [1] hired local architect Maurice Vincent to build, in 1936, a modern building inspired by the Lieutenance house and the porch of the Saint-Catherine's church of Honfleur. Due to its significance as testiment of Normand architecture of the XX^th century, it was placed in 1992 on the list of the protected heritage by the French Institute of Architecture.

On 23 October 1992, fishing trawler the Laiss'dire shipwrecked one nautical mile from the entrance to the port of Trouville-sur-Mer.

Search for the bodies of the ships' three sailors were in vain due to bad weather. The ships was ran ashore two eeks later and left on the beach. No bodies were found on board but two men were seen floating and fished out near Villers-sur-Mer the same day. the third sailor was found early December near Le Havre. The ships was left there at the sight of tourists and was taken into port one month and a half later.