Le Pontet (Vaucluse)

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Le Pontet
Coat of arms of Le Pontet
Le Pontet (France)
Le Pontet
region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department Vaucluse
Arrondissement Avignon
Canton Le Pontet (main town)
Community association Grand Avignon
Coordinates 43 ° 58 ′  N , 4 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 58 ′  N , 4 ° 52 ′  E
height 16-30 m
surface 10.77 km 2
Residents 17,530 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,628 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 84130
INSEE code
Website ville-lepontet.com

City Hall of Le Pontet

Le Pontet is a French municipality with 17,530 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the department of Vaucluse in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur .

geography

The city of Le Pontet borders Avignon to the northeast . It is the link to the historical region of County Venaissin . The Rhone forms the western boundary of Le Pontet.

The municipality is very flat: with a minimum of 16 meters and a maximum of 30 meters above sea level, the difference in altitude is only 14 meters.

history

In 1925, Le Pontet became an independent municipality from Avignon.

Since 1507 the Latin name Parietes Ponteti secus Rhodanum (German: Walls of Pontet on the banks of the Rhône ) referred to a small settlement that later became today's place. The name is derived from a small bridge that has disappeared today. It was roughly at the entrance to the village from Avignon. At first it was a wooden bridge, in 1537 a stone bridge was built. The work lasted five months. In June 1618 the bridge was rebuilt, the crossing was only one meter and twenty wide. Later the name Pontet was transferred to the whole village from the resettlement.

There was a cross near the church for those who could not attend masses. There was also a lavoir , which was originally built from wood in the 15th century. In 1557 it was rebuilt from stones.

The important city of Avignon encompassed the area of ​​today's municipalities of Le Pontet and Morières-lès-Avignon since the 10th century . The construction of canals from Fontaine-de-Vaucluse to Avignon also gave Le Pontet a small economic boom. With the settlement of the anti-popes in Avignon in 1309, the whole region experienced a great boom, which led to a sharp increase in population.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of Le Pontet is partly speaking: the French word Pont means bridge , and so a single-arched bridge can be seen on a blue background, above it three golden keys lying one above the other. The keys symbolize the city of Avignon, to which the village belonged until 1925 and which also has three golden keys in its coat of arms. The coat of arms was only created in 1941 when the mayor was looking for one for the municipality. He hired an engineer to investigate the origins of Le Pontet and later a draftsman who finally completed the coat of arms.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008
Residents 5,080 8,178 10,465 12,920 15,688 15,594 16,886

Attractions

traffic

The northeastern arterial roads from Avignon ( D 907 and D 942) run through the area of ​​the municipality. The “Avignon Nord” motorway exit of the A7 autoroute is located on the northeastern municipal boundary .

Town twinning

Since September 14, 1986 there has been a town partnership between Le Pontet and Hochheim am Main , which is around 900 kilometers from Le Pontet. Every year there is a student exchange between the two communities.

Personalities

Maurice Challe (1905–1979), General of the French Air Force, came from Le Pontet .

literature

  • Robert Bailly: Dictionnaire des communes du Vaucluse , Avignon, 1986, ISBN 2903044279
  • Hervé Signore: Le Pontet, des origines à nos jours , 2006, ISBN 2879232228

Web links

Commons : Le Pontet  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of Le Pontet
  2. Information on the coat of arms ( French )
  3. ^ The town twinning