Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados
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Commune of Pont-l'Évêque |
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Saint Michael's Church in Pont-l'Évêque | |
Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Basse-Normandie |
Department | Calvados |
Arrondissement | Lisieux |
Canton | Pont-l'Évêque |
Intercommunality | Blangy Pont-l'Évêque |
Mayor | André Desperrois (2008-2014) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 7 m–118 m (avg. 16 m) |
Land area¹ | 8.07 km² |
Population² (1999) |
4,133 |
- Density | 512/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 14514/ 14130 |
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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Pont-l'Évêque is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region of France. It has given its name to a type of soft cheese (see Pont-l'Évêque cheese).
[edit] Geography
The Touques River flows through the town.
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Pont-l'Évêque was the birth place of:
- Roger de Pont L'Evêque (c.1115-1181), Archdeacon of Canterbury, and later Archbishop of York
- Jacques Guillaume Thouret (1746-1794), revolutionary, lawyer, president of the National Constituent Assembly
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