Thury-Harcourt (French pronunciation: [tyʁi aʁkuʁ] ⓘ) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

For four years the village lived under Nazi occupation as part of the German military administration in occupied France during World War II.

[5] In the battles of the Second World War, after the Normandy landings the town was bombed for the first time on 30 June 1944; the château escaped damage.

It was during fierce fighting against the British 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division on 13–4 August 1944 that the German forces retreated from the town and set fire to the chateau, which had suffered little damage up to that point.

Pierre Legardeur got general control of Nouvelle-France and gave his name to the towns of Le Gardeur and Repentigny in Quebec.