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Pont-Audemer

Coordinates: 49°21′23″N 00°30′56″E / 49.35639°N 0.51556°E / 49.35639; 0.51556
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Pont-Audemer
Pont-Audemer: Rue de la République
Pont-Audemer: Rue de la République
Coat of arms of Pont-Audemer
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Pont-Audemer is located in France
Pont-Audemer
Pont-Audemer
Pont-Audemer is located in Normandy
Pont-Audemer
Pont-Audemer
Coordinates: 49°21′23″N 00°30′56″E / 49.35639°N 0.51556°E / 49.35639; 0.51556
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentEure
ArrondissementBernay
CantonPont-Audemer
IntercommunalityPont-Audemer / Val de Risle
Government
 • Mayor (2022–2026) Alexis Darmois[1]
Area
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14.66 km2 (5.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
9,848
 • Density670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
27467 /27500
Elevation2–115 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

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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.

The commune along with another 69 communes shares part of a 4,747 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called Risle, Guiel, Charentonne.[5]

Population

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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.[6][4]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 4,599—    
1800 5,207+1.79%
1806 5,386+0.56%
1821 5,426+0.05%
1831 5,305−0.23%
1836 5,358+0.20%
1841 5,497+0.51%
1846 5,733+0.84%
1851 6,310+1.94%
1856 6,106−0.66%
1861 6,136+0.10%
1866 6,182+0.15%
1872 6,124−0.16%
1876 5,942−0.75%
1881 6,168+0.75%
1886 6,163−0.02%
1891 6,084−0.26%
1896 6,012−0.24%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 5,908−0.35%
1906 6,111+0.68%
1911 6,123+0.04%
1921 5,946−0.29%
1926 5,953+0.02%
1931 5,860−0.31%
1936 6,279+1.39%
1946 6,119−0.26%
1954 6,724+1.19%
1962 8,206+2.52%
1968 8,969+1.49%
1975 9,586+0.95%
1982 9,750+0.24%
1990 8,975−1.03%
1999 8,981+0.01%
2007 8,718−0.37%
2012 9,011+0.66%
2021 9,848+0.99%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (2007-2021)[7][8]

Sights

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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

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Transport

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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

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Until 1926, Pont-Audemer was a sub-prefecture of the Eure department.

Media

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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

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Pont-Audemer is twinned with:

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Commune de Pont-Audemer (27467), INSEE
  4. ^ a b Arrêté préfectoral 6 December 2017 (in French)
  5. ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2300150 - Risle, Guiel, Charentonne - Description".
  6. ^ a b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Pont-Audemer, EHESS (in French).
  7. ^ Populations légales 2012, INSEE
  8. ^ Populations légales 2021: 27 Eure, INSEE