seaside resort and port on the English Channel, Calvados département, Basse-Normandie région, northwestern France. It is situated where the Normandy Corniche drops to the right bank of the Touques estuary, opposite Deauville-les-Bains (Deauville), with which community there are ferry and bridge links. Wooded hills above Trouville give way to a magnificent sandy beach and yield splendid views of the twin towns and the Côte Fleurie. Near the beach is a casino, with a theatre and a local history museum. The combined towns are among the most frequented French resorts on the English Channel. Pop. (1999) 5,411.