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    <periodOfReport>2007-06-14</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000098720</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TOREADOR RESOURCES CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TRGL</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000943980</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>FALB PETER LAWRENCE ET AL</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>15 BROAD STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 106</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BOSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02109</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-06-14</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>3000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>727357</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Not Applicable</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Mr. Falb owns 215,802 shares of stock directly, 441,555 shares of stock indirectly through Dane, Falb, Stone and Co., Inc.
 and 70,000 shares of stock held indirectly through Firethorn I.L.P.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit List

Exhibit 24.1- Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Nigel Lovett, Attorney-in-Fact for Peter L. Falb</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-06-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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X0202
4
2007-06-14
0
0000098720
TOREADOR RESOURCES CORP
TRGL
0000943980
FALB PETER LAWRENCE ET AL
15 BROAD STREET
SUITE 106
BOSTON
MA
02109
1
0
0
0
Common Stock
2007-06-14
4
A
0
3000
A
727357
D
Not Applicable
Mr. Falb owns 215,802 shares of stock directly, 441,555 shares of stock indirectly through Dane, Falb, Stone and Co., Inc.
 and 70,000 shares of stock held indirectly through Firethorn I.L.P.
Exhibit List

Exhibit 24.1- Power of Attorney
/s/Nigel Lovett, Attorney-in-Fact for Peter L. Falb
2007-06-18