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Location within Upper Normandy region
Pont-Audemer
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| Country | France |
| Region | Upper Normandy |
| Department | Eure |
| Arrondissement | Bernay |
| Canton | Pont-Audemer |
| Mayor | Michel Leroux (2008–2014 intercomm = Pont-Audemer) |
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| Elevation | 2–115 m (6.6–377 ft) (avg. 9 m/30 ft) |
| Land area1 | 9.35 km2 (3.61 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 8,675 (2008) |
| - Density | 928 /km2 (2,400 /sq mi) |
| 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 without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Pont-Audemer is a commune in the Eure department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
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The commune is situated on the Risle between the Roumois and the Lieuvin.
| Historical populations | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 4,599 | — |
| 1800 | 5,207 | +13.2% |
| 1806 | 5,386 | +3.4% |
| 1821 | 5,426 | +0.7% |
| 1831 | 5,305 | −2.2% |
| 1836 | 5,358 | +1.0% |
| 1841 | 5,497 | +2.6% |
| 1846 | 5,733 | +4.3% |
| 1851 | 6,310 | +10.1% |
| 1856 | 6,106 | −3.2% |
| 1861 | 6,136 | +0.5% |
| 1866 | 6,182 | +0.7% |
| 1872 | 6,124 | −0.9% |
| 1876 | 5,942 | −3.0% |
| 1881 | 6,168 | +3.8% |
| 1886 | 6,163 | −0.1% |
| 1891 | 6,084 | −1.3% |
| 1896 | 6,012 | −1.2% |
| 1901 | 5,908 | −1.7% |
| 1906 | 6,111 | +3.4% |
| 1911 | 6,123 | +0.2% |
| 1921 | 5,946 | −2.9% |
| 1926 | 5,953 | +0.1% |
| 1931 | 5,860 | −1.6% |
| 1936 | 6,279 | +7.2% |
| 1946 | 6,119 | −2.5% |
| 1954 | 6,724 | +9.9% |
| 1962 | 8,206 | +22.0% |
| 1968 | 8,969 | +9.3% |
| 1975 | 9,586 | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 9,750 | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 8,975 | −7.9% |
| 1999 | 8,979 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 8,675 | −3.4% |
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.
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.
Until 1926, Pont-Audemer was the seat of a sub-prefecture of the Eure département.
The city is evoked in a poem of Paul Verlaine called The Apollo of Pont-Audemer.