Pont-Audemer
Pont-Audemer | |
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Coordinates: 49°21′23″N 00°30′56″E / 49.35639°N 0.51556°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Eure |
Arrondissement | Bernay |
Canton | Pont-Audemer |
Intercommunality | Pont-Audemer / Val de Risle |
Government | |
• Mayor (2022–2026) | Alexis Darmois[1] |
Area 1 | 14.66 km2 (5.66 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 9,848 |
• Density | 670/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 27467 /27500 |
Elevation | 2–115 m (6.6–377.3 ft) (avg. 9 m or 30 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Pont-Audemer (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃.t‿odmɛʁ]) is a commune in the Eure department in the Normandy region in northern France.[3] On 1 January 2018, the former commune of Saint-Germain-Village was merged into Pont-Audemer.[4]
Geography
[edit]The commune is situated on the river Risle, 13 km upstream from its outflow into the Seine. It lies on the border between the regions Roumois and Lieuvin.
Population
[edit]The population data in the table below refer to the commune of Pont-Audemer proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune of Pont-Audemer absorbed part of the former commune of Saint-Agnan in 1835, Saint-Paul-sur-Risle in 1963 and Saint-Germain-Village in 2018.[5][3]
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Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (2007-2021)[6][7] |
Sights
[edit]The commune was spared substantial damage to its historic buildings during the Battle of Normandy. Nowadays the half-timbered buildings and the canals running between them are a tourist attraction. The church of Saint-Ouen is noted for its Renaissance stained glass.
Personalities
[edit]- Laetitia Casta, supermodel, was born there in 1978.
- Hervé Morin, politician, former French Minister of Defence was born there in 1961.
- Alexis Vastine, boxer, was born there in 1986.
Transport
[edit]Pont-Audemer has a railway station, Gare de Pont-Audemer, but passenger services were ceased in 1969. The station is served by TER Haute-Normandie buses. PontAuRail, a heritage railway association, ran two Diesel multiple units (a X4500 and a X2400) from Pont-Audemer to Honfleur between 1995 and 2006.
Administration
[edit]Until 1926, Pont-Audemer was a sub-prefecture of the Eure department.
Media
[edit]The city is evoked in a poem of Paul Verlaine called "The Apollo of Pont-Audemer." The area is included in Ted Fahrenwald's book "Bailout Over Normandy: A Flyboy's Adventures" as the site where he met Riri, his sweetheart.
Twin towns - sister cities
[edit]Pont-Audemer is twinned with:
Ringwood in England
Veghel in the Netherlands
Gallery
[edit]- Place Louis Gillain
- War memorial
- Train station
- The X2426 at Pont-Audemer Station
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b Commune de Pont-Audemer (27467), INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 6 December 2017 (in French)
- ^ a b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Pont-Audemer, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Populations légales 2012, INSEE
- ^ Populations légales 2021: 27 Eure, INSEE
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