Pont-Audemer
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| Commune of Pont-Audemer | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 00° 30' 53" E |
| Latitude | 49° 21' 18" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Haute-Normandie |
| Département | Eure |
| Arrondissement | Bernay |
| Canton | Pont-Audemer (chief town) |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de Pont-Audemer |
| Mayor | Gaston Lecureur (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 2 m–115 m (avg. 9 m) |
| Land area¹ | 9.35 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
8,981 (Pont-Audemériens) |
| - Density (1999) | 960/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 27467/ 27500 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Pont-Audemer is a commune and the chief town of a canton of the département of Eure, in the Haute-Normandie région of Normandy, in France.
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[edit] Geography
The commune is situated on the Risle between the Roumois and the Lieuvin.
[edit] Sights
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 Renaissaince stained glass.
[edit] Transport
Pont-Audemer has no rail services but the station building remains open and sells rail tickets. PontAuRail, a preserved railway, runs two Diesel multiple units (a X4500 and a X2400) from Pont-Audemer to Honfleur.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Until 1926, Pont-Audemer was the seat of a sous-préfecture of the Eure département.
Its coat of arms is a four arch bridge over a river argent in chief azure three fleur-de-lis or.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: |
- Newspaper: [1] - L'Éveil de Pont-Audemer
- Diaporama audio video of Pont-Audemer
