List of medieval bridges in France
The list of medieval bridges in France includes all bridges built between 500 and 1500 AD in what is now France . This also includes regions that did not belong to the country in the Middle Ages , such as Burgundy , Alsace , Lorraine and Savoy . In addition, all Roman bridges are listed that were still in operation at that time. The total number of listed structures is around 700.
place | Department | comment | Earliest proof |
---|---|---|---|
Abbeville | Somme | Pont-aux-Poissons | 1207 |
Agen | Lot-et-Garonne | Fund collection approved in 1189; Passable at the end of the 13th century | 1189 |
Airvault | Deux-Sèvres | Pont de Vernay | 11th century |
Albi | Camouflage | Approx. 1035 | |
Amboise | Indre-et-Loire | 1110 | |
Ambrussum | Gard , Herault | Pont Ambroix , across River Vidourle | Roman |
Amiens | Somme | Pont de la Bretesque | 1415 |
Andelys, Les | Your | 1197 | |
Angers | Maine-et-Loire | 1028 | |
Angoulême | Charente | Pont Saint-Cybard and Pons Sancti Eporchii | 1144-1149 |
Arc-en-Barrois | Haute-Marne | 1157 | |
Arcs-de-Parigny, Les | Vienne | 980 | |
Arc-sur-Tille | Côte-d'Or | 1124 | |
Arles | Bouches-du-Rhône | Roman ship bridge after the 1st century AD, verifiable in the 4th and 5th centuries, but no longer in the Middle Ages | Roman |
Ars-sur-Moselle | Moselle | Arx Arcus |
889 |
881
Art-sur-Meurthe | Meurthe-et-Moselle | Arcus | 770 |
Auboiré | Moselle | See Metz | |
Aurillac | Cantal | Pont dal Boys, on the Jordanne River | 1298 |
Ausque, at Thérouanne | Pas-de-Calais | Bridge over Hem River | Before 1178 |
Autun | Saône-et-Loire | Antique and 1253 | |
Auvers-sur-Oise | Val d'Oise | Antique, also 885 | |
Auxance, com. Chasseneuil | Vienne | ||
Auxerre | Yonne | Antique and before 1075 | |
Avignon | Vaucluse | Pont Saint-Bénézet | 1177-1188 |
Balme, La, com. Saint-Paul-d'Izeaux | Isère | 14th and 15th centuries | |
Balme-en-Genevois, La, arr. Annecy | Haute-Savoie | 1370 | |
Building element | Marne | Two bridges | 1203 |
Bayonne | Basses-Pyrénées | Pont Maior | 1298 |
Bayonne | Basses-Pyrénées | Pont de Bertaco | 1381 |
Beaugency | Loiret | Before 1160–1182 | |
Beaumont | Yonne | Before 1185 | |
Beaumont-sur-Oise | Seine-et-Oise | 1143-1145 | |
Beaumont-sur-Sarthe | Sarthe | 12th Century | |
Beauvais | Oise | Before 1122 | |
Belcastel | Aveyron | 15th century | |
Bergerac | Dordogne | 1209 | |
Besançon | Doubs | Ancient and Medieval | |
Beziers | Herault | Stone Bridge (Béziers) | Before 1209 |
Bigaroque | Dordogne | 1243 | |
Blanzy | Saône-et-Loire | 1305 | |
blue | Aude | 1259 | |
Blois | Loir-et-Cher | Before 1078 | |
Bognens, Le pont de, com. Andert-et-Condon | Ain | 1290 | |
Boisseron | Herault | Roman | |
Bonevi, at Lorrez-le-Bocage | Seine-et-Marne | 1202 | |
Bonpas | Vaucluse | 1166 | |
Bordeaux | Gironde | 1292 | |
Boudelin, Aube com. Fontaine | Aube | 1231 | |
Bourges | Cher | Bridge to the winery | 1095 |
Bouveruel, in the Bailiwick of Rouen | Seine-Maritime | 1334 | |
Bouxières-aux-Dames | Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1073 | |
Brantôme | Dordogne | Pont du Monastère | 1474 |
Breuilpont | Your | 1336 | |
Bréval | Seine-et-Oise | Bridges in District of Provost rebuilt | 1202 |
Brèves | Nièvre | Across the Yonne River | Gallo-Roman |
Brezolles | Eure-et-Loir | Pontchartrain in Brezolles over River Nouvette | Gallo-Roman |
Briare | Loiret | Across the Loire River | Gallo-Roman |
Brières | Ardennes | Gallo-Roman | |
Brieulles-sur-Bar | Ardennes | Gallo-Roman | |
Brieulles-sur-Meuse | Meuse | In the 11th-12th Century called Briodurum | 11th century |
Brimeux | Pas-de-Calais | 1292 | |
Brioude | Haute Loire | Gallo-Roman | |
Brioux | Deux-Sèvres | Gallo-Roman | |
Briovera, later Saint-Lô | Some | Gallo-Roman | |
Brissac | Maine-et-Loire | After 1162 | |
Brissarthe | Maine-et-Loire | Gallo-Roman | |
Brives | Indre | Gallo-Roman | |
Brives | Mayenne | Gallo-Roman | |
Brives-la-Gaillarde | Corrèze | Gallo-Roman; 6th century | |
Brives-sur-Charente | Charente-Maritime | Gallo-Roman | |
Brivodura | Yonne | See Pontaubert | |
Brivodurum | Your | See Pont-Audemer | |
Bugue, Le | Dordogne | Across the Vézère river | 1463 |
Cahors | Lot |
Pont Neuf Pont Valentre |
1251 1308 - around 1355 |
Roman
Cajarc | Lot | 1222 | |
Calais | Pas-de-Calais | 1390 | |
Campagnac, com. Sainte anastasia | Gard | Pont-de-Saint-Nicolas de Campagnac | 1261 |
Carbonne | Haute-Garonne | reconstruction | 1356 |
Carcassonne | Aude | 1184 | |
Castres | Camouflage | Repairs on the Pont Bielh and the Pont de Navès | 1391 |
Ceret | Pyrénées-Orientales | Pont du Diable | 1321-1339 |
Chabris | Indre | Gallo-Roman | |
Chalonnes-sur-Loire | Maine-et-Loire | 1138-1148 | |
Châlons-sur-Marne | Marne | 1164 | |
Chalon-sur-Saône | Saône-et-Loire | Roman wooden bridge on stone pillars; stone Pont Saint-Vincent founded in 1415 on old pillars | Roman, 1415 |
Charenton | His | Gallo-Roman and 7th century | |
Charité-sur-Loire, La | Nièvre | 1482 | |
Chartres | Eure-et-Loir | Pont de Falaise in the parish of Saint-Perst | 1374-1454 |
Chartroussas, cant. Guignan, com. Roussac | Drôme | 1334 | |
Château-Gaillard | Your | See Andelys, Les | |
Château-Gontier | Mayenne | 1080 | |
Châteauneuf-de-Mazenc, cant. Dieulefit | Drôme | 1462 | |
Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe | Maine-et-Loire | 1136-1138 | |
Château-Thierry | Aisne | 1287 | |
Châtellerault | Vienne | Approx. 1060 | |
Chaudefonds-sur-Layon | Maine-et-Loire | 1451 | |
Chauvigny | Vienne | Approx. 1080 | |
Cheney, cant. Seignelay | Yonne | Before 1185 | |
Chérisy, at Argenteuil | Seine-et-Oise | 1266 | |
Quinone | Indre-et-Loire | 1115-1126 | |
Chocques | Pas-de-Calais | Castle bridge | 1170-1191 |
Choisy-au-Bac | Oise | 1248 | |
Claix | Isère | See Grenoble | |
Clamecy | Nièvre | 1147 | |
Coëmont | Sarthe | 11th century | |
Comines | North | 2nd half of the 14th century | |
Compiègne | Oise | Approx. 876; also 1112 | |
Comporté, communes Saint-Macoux and Saint-Saviol | Vienne | Pont de Compourte | 1432 |
Condom | Gers | reconstruction | 1281 |
Conflans | Savoie | Pont de Conflans, across the Arly River | Tabula Peutingeriana |
Confolens | Charente | Over river Vienne | Approx. 1110-1140 |
Conques | Aude | Pont de Vilar | 1083 |
Corbeil | Seine-et-Oise | 1301 | |
Cornil | Corrèze | 1103 | |
Corre, La, com. Champ-sur-Barse | Aube | 1215 | |
Couilly | Seine-et-Marne | See Pont-aux-Dames | |
Coulanges-sur-Yonne | Yonne | 12th and 13th centuries | |
Coutances | Some | Across River Vire | 1024-1093 |
Cravant | Yonne | 1368 | |
Creil | Oise | 1415 | |
Cuisery | Saône-et-Loire | Across the Seille river | 1350 |
Decize | Nièvre | 1225 | |
Dijon | Côte-d'Or | Pont Arnault; Wooden bridge over Ouche river | 1395-1396 |
Donchery | Ardennes | 1322 | |
Dormans | Marne | 1258-1259 | |
Douve, com. Carentan | Some | 1346 | |
Durtal | Maine-et-Loire | 11th century | |
Entraygues | Aveyron | Pont Notre-Dame, over River Lot Bridge over River Truyère |
1269 Maybe 14th century |
Escautpont | North | Pons Scaldis scalpons |
Tabula Peutingeriana 921 |
Espalion | Aveyron | Pont-Vieux | 1060 |
Estaing, com. Monastier | Haute Loire | 1329 | |
Etampes | Seine-et-Oise | 1060-1108 | |
Evreux | Your | Pont Saint | 1245 |
Fénétrange | Moselle | Pons Saravi | Tabula Peutingeriana |
Ferté-Milon, La | Aisne | 1349 | |
Figeac | Lot | 1291 | |
Flogny, arr. Tonnerre | Yonne | 1224 | |
Florent | Marne | Pont-de-Rêmes | Gallo-Roman |
Fontaine-Daniel, Abbey, com. Saint-Georges-Buttavent | Mayenne | Bridge over river Mayenne Pont-David |
1209 1231 |
Fontaine-le-Port | Seine-et-Marne | 1204-1205 | |
Fouchères | Aube | 1220 | |
Frégère | Aveyron | See Najac | |
Gaillac | Camouflage | 1256 | |
Gers | Two bridges over river Gers | Approx. 1060 | |
Gien | Loiret | 1458 | |
Gières | Isère | Pont de Gières | 14th Century |
Gisors | Your | 1184 | |
Goncelin , between communes Goncelin and Le Touvet | Isère | Pont de Goncelin, across the Isere river | 1270 |
Gourgé | Deux-Sèvres | Pont roman | 12th Century |
Gournay-sur-Marne | Seine-Saint-Denis | 1147 | |
Grenade | Haute-Garonne | 1309 | |
Grenoble | Isère | Pont du Drac, at Claix Pont-Saint-Jaymes Pont de Porte-Traine |
1219 14th century 1378–1379 |
Grignan | Drôme | On the road to Grillon ( Vaucluse ) | 1436 |
L'Île-Bouchard | Indre-et-Loire | Pont de Saint-Gilles to L'Île-Bouchard in the Vienne river rebuilt at this time | 1451 |
L'Isle-Adam | Val d'Oise | 1415 | |
Isle-de-Pons, L ', com. Ligugé | Vienne | Across River Clain | 1420 |
Isle-en-Périgord | Dordogne | See Lisle | |
Jargeau | Loiret | 13th Century | |
Jarrie | Isère | A bridge briefly at this point around 1310, then another ferry | Approx. 1310 |
Joigny | Yonne | Existing since that time | 13th Century |
Jouars-Pontchartrain | Yvelines | Gallo-Roman | |
Juvardeil | Maine-et-Loire | 1075 | |
Lagny | Seine-et-Marne | Destroyed at that time | 1432 |
Lalinde | Dordogne | Bridge tariffs | 1289 |
Laval | Mayenne | 1170 | |
Lectoure | Gers | 1485 | |
Lézigny, com. Mailly-la-Ville | Yonne | 1241 | |
Limoges | Haute-Vienne | Pont-Saint-Martial, rebuilt Roman bridge Pont-Saint-Etienne; both in use in the 12th century |
12th century |
Roman
Limoux | Aude | 1318 | |
Lisle | Dordogne | Isle-en-Périgord | 1309 |
Livron-sur-Drôme | Drôme | 1471 | |
Longpont | Aisne | 1118 | |
Lorrez-le-Bocage | Seine-et-Marne | See Bonevi | |
Lorris | Loiret | 1292 | |
Louviers | Your | Approx. 1027 | |
Lyon | Rhône | Pont-de-Saône Pont-de-la-Guillotière |
Started before 1050 around 1180–1182 |
Mâcon | Saône-et-Loire | Repair work at that time | 1362-1367 |
Magny-en-Vexin | Val d'Oise | Two bridges | 1260 |
Maguelone | Herault | Approx. 1129 – approx. 1158 | |
Mailly-la-Ville | Yonne | Later destroyed by neglect | 14th Century |
Mailly-le-Château | Yonne | 15th century | |
Mans, Le | Sarthe | Pont Perrin Pont Ysoard or Ysoir |
1067-1078 |
12th century
Mantes | Yvelines | In 1185, Louis VII confirmed an edict of 1121 mentioning the bridge | 1185 |
Marcigny | Saône-et-Loire | Disappeared later | 12th Century |
Marquefave | Haute-Garonne | 1413 | |
Marseille | Bouches-du-Rhône |
Pont des Béroards Pont de Velut |
1255 1352 1436 |
Mathefelon, com. Tiercé | Maine-et-Loire | Repairs at this time | 1454 |
Mauléon | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1289 | |
Mayenne | Mayenne | 1028 | |
Meaux | Seine-et-Marne | 991 | |
Melun | Seine-et-Marne | 1212 | |
Mende | Lozère | Pont Notre-Dame | 14th Century |
Mesnil-Durand, Le | Calvados | Pont Alerie (= Pontalery ) | 1320 |
Metz | Moselle | Pont Saint-Georges Pont-des-Morts or Moyen Pont Pont-Thiffroy Le Grand Pont des Morts Also in Auboiré near Metz |
1222–1223 1222 1245 1240 |
Before 13th century
Meulan | Yvelines | 1182 | |
Meung | Loiret | 13th Century | |
Mezieres | Ardennes | Repair work | 1497-1498 |
Millançay | Loir-et-Cher | 1387-1389 | |
Millau | Aveyron | Pont Vieux New Bridge |
before 1286 |
Before 1156
Moissac | Tarn-et-Garonne | 1120 | |
Montargis | Loiret | 1234 | |
Montauban | Tarn-et-Garonne | Approx. 1336 | |
Montélimar | Drôme | 1360 | |
Montereau-Fault-Yonne | Seine-et-Marne | Approx. 1016-1037 | |
Montferrand | Puy-de-Dôme | 1308 | |
Montier-en-Der | Haute-Marne | 876 | |
Montignac | Dordogne | Across the Vézère river ; Stone pillars | 11th century |
Montignac-le-Petit | Dordogne | Across the Ille River | 1281 |
Montmorot, suburb of Lons-le-Saunier | law | 1439 | |
Montolieu | Aude | 1392 | |
Montouron | Maine-et-Loire | 1458 | |
Montpellier | Herault | Pont sur le Lève | 1267 |
Montpont, arr. Riberac | Dordogne | 1376 | |
Montréal | Gers | 1411 | |
Montreuil-Bonnin, com. Vouillé | Vienne | Across the Boivre River | |
Montreuillon | Nièvre | 1213 | |
Montségur | Ariège | 1265 | |
Moret-sur-Loing | Seine-et-Marne | 1499 | |
Motte-de-Bourbon, com. Pouancay | Vienne | 1455 | |
Mouy | Oise | 1320 | |
Najac | Aveyron | Pont de la Frégère, across the Aveyron river | 1288 |
Nantes | Loire-Atlantique | Pont-en-Vertais | 14th Century |
Narbonne | Aude | Pont des Marchands | Roman and 1227 |
Natiaux, com. Avrolles | Yonne | Pont-des-Natiaux, across the Armançon River | 1147 |
Negueromieu or St. Hilaire | Haute-Garonne | See Toulouse | |
Nevers | Nièvre | 1273 | |
Nîmes | Gard | 1308 | |
Nogent-sur-Seine | Aube | 1319 | |
Norges-le-Pont, com. Norges | Côte-d'Or | 1276 | |
Nyons | Drôme | Pont de Nyons | 1361 |
Olargues | Herault | Pont du Diable | 12th Century |
Olla, com. St. Egrène | Isère | 13th Century | |
orange | Vaucluse | 1368 | |
Orleans | Loiret | Before 1176 | |
Orthez | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Le Pont Vieux | Until 1254 |
Oulchy-le-Château | Aisne | 1287 | |
Palaminy | Haute-Garonne | Washed in at this time | 1388 |
Pamiers | Ariège | 1356 | |
Paris |
Petit Pont Grand Pont, replaced by → Pont Notre-Dame Pont-aux-Meuniers Pont Saint-Michel Pont Notre-Dame |
52 BC Mentioned 52 BC. Mentioned after 1296 1378 1412-1416 |
|
Parrigneux, near Roussillon | Ain | 1290 | |
Passavant | Marne | Drawbridge and Pont-aux Vendages | 1287 |
Périgny-la-Rose | Aube | Bridges of Pugny | 1175 |
Périgueux | Dordogne | Ancient bridges stone bridge Pons Sancti Hilarii |
1206 1363 |
Perpignan | Pyrénées-Orientales | 1275 | |
Pessac, Saint-Martin-de- | Gironde | Bridge at the Archbishop's seat in La Motte-de-Pessac | 1354 |
Pichaumeix or Pechaumeix, com. Saint-Mihiel | Meuse | 1280-1282 | |
Pierre-Châtel, com. Virignin | Ain | 1226 replaced | Antique, 1226 |
Pierrepont , cant. Marle | Aisne | Castrum Petraepontis |
938, 1165 |
Pierrepont | Calvados | Petrepons |
1145 |
Pierrepont | Oise | 1198 | |
Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle | Vosges | 1302 | |
Poissy | Yvelines | 13th Century | |
Poitiers | Vienne | Pont Achard, across the Boivre, Pont Joubert Pont Cyprien, across the Clain Pontneuf (or Pont de Rochereuil) to the castle of Montierneuf |
1017 1083 1101 1087 |
Pomblin | Aube | Pont Belin | 1287 |
Pompertuzat | Haute-Garonne | Itinerarium Burdigalense | 333 |
Pompierre | Vosges | 6th century, 1179 | |
Ponant, com. Livet-et-Gavet | Isère | Pons Nahon | 14th Century |
Ponnesant, com. Saint-Martin-sur-Ouanne | Yonne | Ponsnascentius |
855, 1188 |
Ponrault, com. Migné | Vienne | Pons regales |
993-1029 |
Pontréau | Vienne | 993-1030 | |
Pons | Charente-Maritime | 1242 | |
Pons, Le Grand Logis, com. St.-Pierre-de-Chartreuse | Isère | 12th Century | |
Pons Aerarius or Ponte Herarum, between communes Bellegard and Arles | Bouches-du-Rhône | Itinerarium Burdigalense | 333 |
Pons de Craut | Oise | See Rochy-Condé | |
Pons-de-Rastel, Le, com. Genolhac | Gard | 1212 | |
Pons Sancti Hugonis, between communes La Chapelle-du-Bard ( Isère ) and Arvillard ( Savoie ) | Isère , Savoie | Bridge over the river Bens, now called Pont-du-Diable | 14th Century |
Pont, Le, com. Peuvert | Aude | Pons de Blavo | 1259 |
Pont | Aveyron | 1484-1489 | |
Pont, Le, com. Naucelles | Cantal | 1442 | |
Pont, Le, com. Dienne | Cantal | 1485 | |
Pont, Le, com. Feux | Cher | 1464 | |
Pant, Le, com. Lugny-Champagne | Cher | 1302 | |
Pant, Le, com. Moulins-sur-Yèvre | Cher | 1484 | |
Pont, Le, communes Reigny and Saint-Christophe-le-Chaudry | Cher | 1449 | |
Pont, Le, Pralemine or Saint-Priest, domaine , com. Charenton-du-Cher | Cher | Pons Sancti Preijecti | 1319 |
Pont | Côte-d'Or | 937 or 938, 1257 | |
Pont, Le, com. Bligny-sur-Ouche | Côte-d'Or | In molendino de Ponte | 1238 |
Pont, Le, com. Pont-et-Massène | Côte-d'Or | 1368 | |
Pont, Le, com. Grignol | Dordogne | Molendinum dict. de Ponte | 1308 |
Pont, Le, com. Neuvic | Dordogne | 1471 | |
Pont, Le, com. Vallereuil | Dordogne | 1440 | |
Pont, Le, com. Bailleau-sous-Gallardon | Eure-et-Loir | Pons Petre | 1241 |
Pont, Chemin de | Eure-et-Loir | From Vauparfonds to Luisant | 1300 |
Pont, Le, com. Tharaux | Gard | 1292 | |
Pont, Le, com. Saint-Pal-de-Mons | Haute Loire | 1314 | |
Pont, Le, com. Lavoûte-Chilhac | Haute Loire | 1288 | |
Pont, Le, com. Herbeys | Isère | Ponte Vitreo | 14th Century |
Pont, Le, com. Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage | Isère | Pons de Rippis and Pons de Romanche | 13th Century |
Pont, Le, com. Villefontaine | Isère | 15th century | |
Pont, Moulin du, com. Bazougers | Mayenne | 1277 | |
Pont, Moulin du, com. Coussay | Vienne | Farm and windmill | 1473 |
Pont, Le, com. Genouillé | Vienne | 1403 | |
Pont, Le, com. Lhommaizé | Vienne | 1469 | |
Pont, Moulin du, com. Saint-Genest | Vienne | Across Fontpoise River | 1474 |
Pont, Le, com. Saix | Vienne | Hostel du Pont | 1476 |
Pont, Le, com. Dommartin-lès-Remiremont | Vosges | 1235 | |
Pont-à-Bucy, cant. Crécy-sur-Serre | Aisne | Pons-de-Nogento-Abbatisse | 1170 |
Pont-à-Chaussy, com. Courcelles-Chaussy | Moselle | On the left the Nied Pont-aux-Loups or Pont Quinquobeille |
1324 15th century |
Pont-à-Couleuvre, Le, com. Auffrique-et-Nogent | Aisne | Pons de Colovere | 1145 |
Pontageon, com. Ventenges | Haute Loire | Pontago | 1279 |
Pontaigon, com. Lhommaizé | Vienne | Pontum Aigone Pontaigum |
1223 |
916
Pontailler | Côte-d'Or | Pontiliacus Pons Lindi In villa Pontiliaco |
872 1049 |
869
Pontaix, com. The | Drôme | Mutatio Darentiaca of the Itinerarium Burdigalense | 333 |
Pont-Alain, Le, com. Saint-Berthevin | Mayenne | Le moulin et reffoul de Pontalain | 1443 |
Pont-à-Luc, communes Nîmes and Marguerittes | Gard | web | 1301 |
Pontamafrey | Savoie | Pons Amalfredi | 1190 |
Pont-à-Mousson | Meurthe-et-Moselle | 896, 905, 1230 | |
Pont-Annet, com. Priziac | Morbihan | Via Bach Pont-Rouge | 1431 |
Pontarcher, com. Ambleny | Aisne | De Ponte-Archerii | 1320 |
Pont-Arcy | Aisne | Pons-de-Arserio | 1232 |
Pontardennes, com. Wizernes | Pas-de-Calais | Pont d'Artengues | 1469 |
Pontarie, La, com. Saint-Laurent | Dordogne | 1460 | |
Pontarlier | Doubs | In the place of Ariorica of the Itinerarium Antonini | 13th Century |
Pontarm, com. Assérac | Loire-Atlantique | De Ponte Armore | 14th Century |
Pont-Arnaud, com. Monsec | Dordogne | 1373 | |
Pont-Arnaud, com. Nîmes | Gard | Bridge over River Cadereau | 1380 |
Pontarrane, com. Compagne | Aude | Pontarrana mill over the Aude river | 1373 |
Pontarrou, Le, com. Magrie , sect. A. | Aude | 1257 | |
Pont-à-Sault, com. Dourges | Pas-de-Calais | 1271 | |
Pont-Asquin, com. Wardrecques | Pas-de-Calais | 1306 | |
Pont-Astier, com. Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon | Haute Loire | 1163 | |
Pontaubert | Yonne | Pons-Herberti | 1167 |
Pont-Audemer | Your | Brivodurum Duos Pontes Pont-Audemer |
715 1027 |
Antique
Pont-Auffroy, com. Chevru | Seine-et-Marne | Mill | 1210 |
Pontaujard, com. Montbrison | Drôme | Pons Aujart | 1332 |
Pontault, com. Nottonville | Eure-et-Loir | 1468 | |
Pontauriol, com. Cassaigne | Aude | A brook | 1468 |
Pont-Authou | Your | Pons Altou | 1024 |
Pont-Auvray, Le, com. Landivy | Mayenne | 12th Century | |
Pont-aux-Dames | Seine-et-Marne | 1226 | |
Pont-aux-Moines, communes Chécy and Mardié | Loiret | 1075 | |
Pont-à-Vaches, com. Bethune | Pas-de-Calais | 1215 | |
Pont-à-Vendin | Pas-de-Calais | 1024 | |
Pontavert | Aisne | Pons Vardius | 1112 |
Pontazel, Bram | Aude | 1315 | |
Pontbagnes | Isère | Formerly at Izeaux | 13th Century |
Pont-Barrois, Le, com. Concressault | Cher | 1345 | |
Pont-Barse, com. Courteranges | Aube | 1183 | |
Pontbeau | Savoie | A rule | 12th Century |
Pont-Bellanger | Calvados | 1203 | |
Pont-Benoist, com. Sainte-Colombe | Seine-et-Marne | Mill and old fiefdom | 1256 |
Pont-Bernard, Le, com. Montmançon | Côte-d'Or | 1303 | |
Pont-Bernard, between communes Beaufin and Aspres-lès-Corps | Isère , Hautes-Alpes | Across the Drac River | 14th Century |
Pont-Besnier, Le, between communes Juigné and Auvers-le-Hamon | Sarthe | 1321 | |
Pont-Besse, Le, com. Laveissière | Cantal | 1490 | |
Pont-Bone, com. Lembras | Dordogne | 1373 | |
Pontcallec, com. Berné | Morbihan | Stream and pond | 1291 |
Pontcarlet, com. Hueg | Isère | 14th Century | |
Pont-Carpin, communes Grenoble and Saint-Martin-d'Hères | Isère | Via Bach Grande-Morgne | 13th Century |
Pontcarré | Seine-et-Marne | Fiefdom | 15th century |
Pontcerme, com. Coursan | Aude | A farm; Pons Septimus | 1352 |
Pont-Cervier, Le, com. Cohade | Haute Loire | Across River Vendage | 1323 |
Pontcharain, com. Theys | Isère | Pons Charen | 13th Century |
Pontcharra | Isère , Savoie | 13th Century | |
Pontchartrain | Eure-et-Loir | See Brezolles | |
Pontchartrain, com. Saint-Mard-de-Réno | Orne | Gallo-Roman | |
Pontchartrain | Seine-et-Oise | See Jouars-Pontchartrain | |
Pontchâteau | Loire-Atlantique | 11th century | |
Pont-Chauvet, Le, com. La Celle-Condé | Cher | 1450 | |
Pont-Croissant, com. Montbonnot-Saint-Martin | Isère | 14th Century | |
Pont-d'Aby, Le, com. Narbonne | Aude | Old bridge on the road from Narbonne to Capestang | 1329 |
Pont d'Ain | Ain | 13th century or 1326 | |
Pont-d'Ainon, Le, com. Plaimpied-Givaudins | Cher | 1300 | |
Pont-d'Aisy, Le, com. Aisy-sous-Thil | Côte-d'Or | 1255 | |
Pont-d'Ambel, between communes Ambel and Corps | Isère | Across the Drac River | 13th Century |
Pont-Dandon, cant. Molières | Gard | 1301 | |
Pont d'Anglars | Dordogne | 1489 | |
Pont-d'Aurel, Le, communes Aurel and Vercheny | Drôme | 1193 | |
Pont-d'Authie, com. Jussac | Cantal | 1369 | |
Pont-d'Avene, com. Gigean | Herault | 1376-1378 | |
Pont-d'Avord, Le, com. Farges-en-Septaine | Cher | 1460 | |
Pont-de-Barangeon, Le, com. Vignoux-sur-Barangeon | Cher | 1260 | |
Pont-de-Barret, Le, com. Dieulefit | Drôme | Locus qui prius dictus est Sayenna et modo dicitur ad Pontem | 956 |
Pont-de-Beauvoisin, Le | Isère | Pontem Castellum | 11th century |
Pont-de-Brion, communes Lavars and Roissard | Isère | 14th Century | |
Pont-de-Briques, Le, com. Saint-Léonard | Pas-de-Calais | 1203 | |
Pont-de-Camarès | Aveyron | 1311 | |
Pont-de-Cernon, com. Chapareillan | Isère | 14th Century | |
Pont-de-Champ, between the communes Jarrie and Champ | Isère | Bridge over Romanche River | 13th Century |
Pont-de-Chargy, Le, com. Barneçon | Cher | 1350 | |
Pont-de-Charréas, Charrées, com. Malrevers | Haute Loire | 1253 | |
Pont-de-Cheruy | Isère | 13th Century | |
Pont-de-Cognet, between communes Cognet and Saint-Jean-d'Hérans | Isère | Bridge over river Drac | 13th Century |
Pont-de-Coly, cant. Montignac | Dordogne | 1460 | |
Pont de Cordéac et de Quet-en-Beaumont , above the village of Gautiers | Isère | Pons Rumieuf | 13th Century |
Pont-de-Coubon, com. Coubon | Haute Loire | 1095 | |
Pont-de-Cros, Le, com. Murat | Cantal | Pons del Cros apud Muratum | 1289 |
Pont-de-Gavet, com. Livre-du-Genet, near Grenoble | Isère | Gallo-Roman | |
Pont-de-Gennes | Sarthe | Le Pont de Gene | 1357 |
Pont-de-Gers, com. Vienne | Isère | 15th century | |
Pont-de-Jaillon, Le, com. Jaillon | Meurthe-et-Moselle | Le Pont-a-Jaillons | 1291 |
Pont-de-la-Beaurone, com. Chance | Dordogne | 1115 | |
Pont-de-la-Bourne, com. Villard-de-Lans | Isère | 14th Century | |
Pont-de-la-Chartreuse, Le, com. Brives-Charensac | Haute Loire | Parvus Pons | Approx. 1210 |
Pont-de-la-Morge, Le, com. Moirans | Isère | Bridge over River Morge | 14th Century |
Pont-de-la-Motte, between communes Avignonet and La Motte-Saint-Martin | Isère | Across the Drac River | 13th Century |
Pont-de-la-Peyre, Le, com. Fanjeaux | Aude | 1442 | |
Pont-de-la-Peyre, com. Bergerac | Dordogne | 1467 | |
Pont-de-la-Raz, com. Valjouffrey | Isère | 14th Century | |
Pont-de-l'Arche | Your | Approx. 1020 | |
Pont-de-la-Reynette, cant. Nîmes | Gard | Across the Fontaine river | 1380 |
Pont-de-la-Romanche, com. Le Bourg-d'Oisans | Isère | Pons Medius | 13th Century |
Pont-de-l'Enceinte, Le, com. Yssingeaux | Haute Loire | Mill and bridge over river Lignon; Pons voc. de la Saynta | 1273 |
Pont-de-l'Escure, Le, com. Saint-Flour | Cantal | La plancha | 1369 |
Pont-de-l'Herbasse, Le, com. Clérieux | Drôme | 1468 | |
Pont-de-Limon, com. Courtomer | Seine-et-Marne | In Pontpierre | 1365 |
Pont-de-Livier, Le, com. Bellegarde | Gard | 1380 | |
Pont-de-l'Oula, Le, com. Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage | Isère | 14th Century | |
Pont-de-Lussac, Le, com. Mazerolles | Vienne | 12th Century | |
Pont-de-Maillé, Le, com. Saint-Martin-l'Ars | Vienne | 1482 | |
Pont-de-Marne, Le, com. Langres | Haute-Marne | 854 | |
Pont-de-Mars, Le, com. Chambon | Haute Loire | 1254 | |
Pont-de-Moeurs, Le, communes Moeurs and Sézanne | Marne | Le moulin du Pont-à-Meure | 1493 |
Pont-de-Montgnon, com. Juilly | Seine-et-Marne | 1467 | |
Pont-d'Entraygues, Le | Aveyron | See Entraygues | |
Pont-de-Pierre, Le, com. Morogues | Cher | 1457 | |
Pont-de-Pierre, Le, com. Auxonne | Côte-d'Or | 1442 | |
Pont-de-Pierre, Le, cant. Bellefontaine | Vosges | 1436 | |
Pont-de-Portes, Le, communes Séchilienne and Saint-Barthélemy-de-Séchilienne | Isère | Destroyed bridge over Romanche river | 14th Century |
Pont-de-Quaix, com. Quaix | Isère | Bridge over River Vence | 14th Century |
Pont-de-Quart, Le, com. Beaumont-lès-Valence | Drôme | 1483 | |
Pont-de-Rochefort, Le, com. Alleyras | Haute Loire | Bridge over River Allier | 1345 |
Pont-de-Roison, Le, between communes Nantes-en-Ratier and Siévoz | Isère | 13th Century | |
Pont-de-Ruan | Indre-et-Loire | The ancient Rotomagus of the Tabula Peutingeriana | 6th century, also 9th century |
Pont-de-Saint-Martin, Le, com. Agonac | Dordogne | 1367 | |
Pont-de-Saint-Martin, Le, between communes Clelles and Saint-Martin-de-Clelles | Isère | Bridge over Orbanne River | 14th Century |
Pont-de-Saint-Nicolas de Campagnac | Gard | See Campagnac | |
Pont-des-Anjalvis, com. Menet | Cantal | 1441 | |
Pont-des-Echelles, between the communes Entre-deux-Guiers and Les Échelles | Isère , Savoie | Bridge over Guiers-Vif river | 13th Century |
Pont-de-Soirans, com. Soirans Fouffrans | Côte-d'Or | 1390-1391 | |
Pont-d'Estrouilhas, Le, communes Aiguilhe and Espaly-Saint-Marcel | Haute Loire | Across Borne River | 1245 |
Pont-de-Sumène, com. Blavozy | Haute Loire | Across the Sumène River | 1359 |
Pont-d'Etaules, com. Saint-Seine-sur-Vingeanne | Côte-d'Or | 1322 | |
Pont-de-Tréboul, Le, com. Sainte-Marie | Cantal | 15th century | |
Pont-de-Vaux | Ain | Approx. 1250 | |
Pont-de-Vaux, com. Marly-sous-Issy | Saône-et-Loire | 1312 | |
Pont-de-Vaux, com. Millac | Vienne | 1451 | |
Pont-de-Veyle | Ain | 1186 | |
Pont-de-Veyton, Le, between communes Allevard and Pinsot | Isère | Bridge over Veyton Creek | 12th Century |
Pont-d'Isalguier | Haute-Garonne | See Toulouse | |
Pont-d'Iverny, Le, com. Montmirail | Sarthe | Approx. 969 | |
Pont-d'Ognon, Le, com. Homps | Aude | 1231 | |
Pont-d'Ouilly | Calvados | 1125 | |
Pont-du-Boeuf, com. Saint-Blaise-du-Buis | Isère | Pons boum; Pons de Bos | 14th Century |
Pont-du-Bourniou, Le, com. Ladinhac | Cantal | 1464 | |
Pont-du-Château | Puy-de-Dôme | Before 1151 | |
Pont-du-Diable | Isère , Savoie | See Pons Sancti Hugonis | |
Pont-du-Fieu, Le, com. Saint-Julien-d'Ance | Haute Loire | Across the Ance River | 1417 |
Pont-du-Fort, Le, com. Troarn | Calvados | 1310 | |
Pont-du-Gard , com. Remoulins | Gard | Roman aqueduct over the Gardon river ; 1295 called Pons de Gartio | Roman |
Pont-du-Gy, Le, communes Duisans and Étrun | Pas-de-Calais | Le Pons Duisy | 1364 |
Pont-du-Monastère | Dordogne | See Brantôme | |
Pont-du-Prat, Le, com. Valjouffrey | Isère | Across the Bonne River | 14th Century |
Pont-du-Prêtre, Le, com. Valbonnais | Isère | Pons Sacerdoto | 15th century |
Pont-du-Roi, Le, com. Tigery | Seine-et-Oise | Not detectable in the Middle Ages | Roman |
Pont-du-Sault, between communes Porcieu-Amblagnieu and Villebois | Isere , Ain | Bridge over Rhone River | 14th Century |
Pont-du-Vau, Le, com. Til-Châtel | Côte-d'Or | Molendinum Pontis de Valle | 1203 |
Pont-du-Vers, com. St. Chef | Isère | 15th century | |
Pont-Echanfré | Your | Oldest name of Notre-Dame-du-Hamel ; Pons Herchenfret in the 11th century, but Beata Marie de Hamilla in 1260 | 11th century, 1260 |
Pontécoulant | Calvados | Pons Escoulandi | 11th century |
Pontempeyrat, com. Craponne-sur-Arzon | Haute Loire | Pons Empeyra | 1311 |
Pont-en-Royans | Isère | 11th century | |
Pont-en-Vertais | Loire-Atlantique | Today within Nantes | 14th Century |
Pont-Érembourg, com. Saint-Denis-de-Méré | Calvados | 1108 | |
Pont-Évêque | Isère | 11th century | |
Pontevin, com. Chatenay-Mâcheron | Haute-Marne | Terra de Pontguayn Pont Vahin |
1219 1240 |
Pont-Eyraud, com. Saint-Aulaye | Dordogne | 1245 | |
Pont-Farcy | Calvados | 1278 | |
Pontfaverger | Marne | Pons Fabricatus | Beginning of the 11th century |
Pontfère, com. Laveissière | Cantal | 15th century | |
Pont Flavien, near Saint-Chamas | Bouches-du-Rhône | Roman | |
Pontfol, com. Saint-Michel-de-Lanès | Aude | 1353 | |
Pontfrault, com. Château-Landon | Seine-et-Marne | Pons Feraudi | Approx. 1090 |
Pontgallet, com. Bazoche-Gouet | Eure-et-Loir | Pons-Galeti | 1215 |
Pont-Gibaut, com. Saint-Christophe-le-Chaudry | Cher | Place name | 1178 |
Pontgibert, com. Saint-Bérain | Haute Loire | Pons Gilbert | 1343 |
Pont-Gilbert, com. Torcy | Seine-et-Marne | Molendinum de Ponte Gilbert | 1263 |
Pont-Givart, communes Arainville and Pignicourt | Aisne | Aumenancourt-le-Grand and Aumenancourt-le-Petit | 1146 |
Pontgouin | Eure-et-Loir | Pons Godonis | 1099 |
Pont-Gras, Rue du, Louviers | Your | 1455 | |
Pont-Gros, com. Tullins | Isère | 14th Century | |
Pont-Hannois, com. La Croix-en-Brie | Seine-et-Marne | 1270 | |
Ponthaut, com. Allevard | Isère | Nemus Pontis Altis | 14th Century |
Ponthaut, communes of Saint-Laurent-en-Beaumont and Sousville | Isère | 10th and 13th centuries | |
Pont-Hébert | Your | District of the feudal Meuille | 1411 |
Pont-Hémery, Le, com. Brazey-en-Plaine | Côte-d'Or | Pons Haymerici | 1225 |
Pont-Herbert, com. Saint Clair | Some | 1361-1388 | |
Ponthévrard | Seine-et-Oise | Pons Ebrardi | 1162 |
Ponthion | Marne | Pontico Pons Ugone Ponteum |
approx. 768 1150 |
Approx. 590
Pont-Honfroy, com. Rouen | Seine-Maritime | Place name disappeared | 4th century, ca.1050 |
Ponthouion | Sarthe | 11th century | |
Pont-Hubault, com. Ruaudin | Sarthe | 1270 | |
Pont-Hubert, Le, com. Pont-Sainte-Marie | Aube | 1154 | |
Pontignol, Le, com. Fanjeaux | Aude | Ad Pontilhol Ad Pontem de Insula |
1345 1364 |
Pontignol, Le, com. Fonters-du-Razès | Aude | 1347 | |
Pontignol, Le, com. Laurac | Aude | 1330 | |
Pontignol, Le, com. Narbonne | Aude | 1157 | |
Pontignol, Le, com. Villasavary | Aude | 1139 | |
Pontigny, com. Condé sur le Nied | Moselle |
Pont-deniet |
1339 1404 |
Pontigny | Yonne | A new bridge before this point | Before 1140 |
Pont-Jehan, com. Saint-Lyphard | Loire-Atlantique | 1413 | |
Pont Julien , at Apt | Vaucluse | Roman | |
Pont-l'Abbé, com. Sainte-Mère-Église | Some | 1369 | |
Pont-Landry, Le, com. Ambrières | Mayenne | 1209 | |
Pont-la-Ville, com. Châteauvillain | Haute-Marne | 1196 | |
Pont-lès-Bonfays | Vosges | 10th century, 1303 | |
Pont-l'Évêque | Calvados | 12th Century | |
Pont-l'Évêque | Finistère | 12th Century | |
Pontlevoy | Loir-et-Cher | Pons leviatus | 1075 |
Pontlieue, suburb of Le Mans | Sarthe | Bridge over river Huisne Pontileuga ad pontem Leuge |
616 10th century, 1212 |
Pont-Long, Le, arr. Pau | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1277 | |
Pontloup, com. Moret-sur-Loing | Seine-et-Marne | Old Saint-Pierre priory , dependent on the Vézelay Pontloe Pons Luppae Abbey |
Approx. 1150 1285 |
Pontmain, com. Saint-Ellier | Mayenne | De Ponte Monii | 1225 |
Pont-Marès, Le, com. Saint-André-de-Valborgne | Gard | 1437 | |
Pontmarsa, com. Villasavary | Aude | 1332 | |
Pont-Minard, com. Forcey | Haute-Marne | 1174 | |
Pontmoulin, com. Chailly-en-Brie | Seine-et-Marne | Molendinum de Pont Morlen | 1132 |
Pont-Neuf, Le, com. The | Drôme | Pont Fract, across the Drôme River | 13th Century |
Pont-Neuf, Le, com. Polignac | Haute Loire | Le Pont-Nou | 1408 |
Pontoise | Oise , Seine-et-Oise | Two ancient bridges called Briva Isarae |
10th century, 1227 |
Gallo-Roman
Pontôme, com. Courgains | Sarthe | 1314 | |
Pontorson | Some | Repair work at that time | 1366 |
Pontoux | Saône-et-Loire | Pons Dubis | Tabula Peutingeriana |
Pont-Pastoul | Dordogne | Bridge over Drôme River | 12th Century |
Pont-Pérant, com. Saint-Laurent-du-Pont | Isère | Destroyed bridge over Guiers-Mort | 14th Century |
Pontpérier, com. Laurac | Aude | 1432-1519 | |
Pont-Perrin, mill of, com. Evreux | Your | 1187 | |
Pont-Perrin, Le, com. Payroux | Vienne | Across River Clain | 1404 |
Pont-Peyrat | Dordogne | 1403 | |
Pont-Peyrène, com. Roquesvaire | Bouches-du-Rhône | Across the Huveaune River | 1452 |
Pontpierre, com. Désertines | Mayenne | 1220 | |
Pontpierre | Moselle | To the right of the Nied | 1332 |
Pont-Pierre, communes Bernay and Courtomer | Seine-et-Marne | Across the Yères river | Approx. 1210 |
Pont-Pierre, com. Villeblevin | Yonne | 1290 | |
Pontpoint | Oise | 1199 | |
Pont-Réan | Ille-et-Vilaine | Preserves the name of a Roman bridge | Roman |
Pont-Renard, com. Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon | Haute Loire | 12th Century | |
Pont-Rigault, com. Les Trois-Moutiers | Vienne | 1416 | |
Pont-Robert, com. Bergerac | Dordogne | 1460 | |
Pont-Roide, com. Meaux | Seine-et-Marne | Across the Marne River ; Farinarium super fluvium Maternam ad Pontem rapidum | 9th century |
Pont-Rouft, Le, com. Aiguesvives | Gard | Ad Pontem-Ruptum, ad Pontem-Fractem | 1299 |
Pont-Rouge, com. Allemond | Isère | Bridge over Romanche River | 14th Century |
Pont-Rougier, com. Chomelix | Haute Loire | Across the Arzon River; Bridge destroyed | 1404 |
Pont-Roumieu, com. Saint-Germain-et-Mons | Dordogne | 1290 | |
Pont-Rousseau, com. Rezé | Loire-Atlantique | 1135 | |
Pont-Roux, com. Rouillac | Charente | 1075-1101 | |
Pont-Royal, com. Chapareillan | Isère | Across River Glandon | 14th Century |
Ponts, Les Cinq, com. Meuvic | Dordogne | A fiefdom | 1490 |
Ponts, com. Eu | Seine-Maritime | 1181-1189 | |
Pont-Sainte-Maxence | Oise | 779 | |
Pont-Saint-Esprit | Gard | Started in 1265 | |
Pont-Saint-Laurent, com. Saint-Laurent-du-Pont | Isère | Bridge over the Guiers-Mort river | 15th century |
Pont-Saint-Manut, Douville | Dordogne | 1310 | |
Pont-Saint-Mard | Aisne | 1296 | |
Pont-Saint-Martin, between communes Saint-Christophe-Entre-Deux-Guiers and Saint-Christophe | Isère , Savoie | Bridge over Guiers-Vif river | 15th century |
Pont-Saint-Martin, communes Saint-Michel-les-Portes and Saint-Martin-de-Clelles | Isère | About Bach Saint Michel | 14th Century |
Pont-Saint-Martin | Loire-Atlantique | 1179 | |
Pont-Saint-Ours, Le, com. Coulanges-lès-Nevers | Nièvre | 1251 | |
Pont-Saint-Pierre | Your | 911-1066 | |
Pont-Saint-Vincent | Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1177 | |
Pont-Sanguèze, com. Vallet | LoireAtlantique | 1454 | |
Pontscorff, com. Cléguer | Morbihan | 1280 | |
Ponts-de-Cé, Les | Maine-et-Loire | Probably in Caesar's time | Gallo-Roman, also 11th century |
Pont-Séchier, com. Livet-et-Gavet | Isère | Across the Romanche river | 14th Century |
Pont-Ségur, com. Mizoën | Isère | Across the Romanche river | 15th century |
Pont-sur-Madon | Vosges | 1409 | |
Pont-sur-Meuse | Meuse | 1106 | |
Pont-sur-Seine | Aube | Duodecim Pontes | 574, 864; 1153 attested |
Pont-sur-Vanne | Yonne | 1159 | |
Pont-sur-Yonne | Yonne | 833, 13th century | |
Pont-Taulad, com. Cailhau | Aude | Name of a fief | 1166 |
Pont-Thibout, Le, hamlet of Trancheville | Your | 1255 | |
Pont-Tranchêtu, communes Fontenay-sur-Eure and Nogent-sur-Eure | Eure-et-Loir | Approx. 1117 | |
"Pontus", at com. Véronnes | Côte-d'Or | 815 | |
Pontvallain | Sarthe | De ponte Valani | 1098 |
Pontvianne, com. Solignac-sous-Roche | Haute Loire | 1293 | |
Pontvien, Le, com. Livré-la-Touche | Mayenne | Capellam de Pont-Viviani | 1184 |
Pont-Vieux, com. Entraigues | Isère | Pons Veyl, across the Marsanne River | 14th Century |
Pontvray, com. Sillery | Marne | Pons varensis Pont-Veroit |
1227 |
Approx. 850
Pont-Yblon, hamlet of Bonneuil, cant. Gonesse | Seine-et-Oise | 1093 | |
Pont-Ysoir, Le | Sarthe | See Mans, Le | |
Porte-Joie | Your | Swing bridge | 1198 |
Puy-de-Pont, com. Neuvic | Dordogne | 1203 | |
Radepont | Your | Rotomagus in the Itinerarium Antonini but Radipons 1034 | 1034 |
Régennes, Les, com. Appoigny | Yonne | 1145 | |
Remi | Somme | See Sailly | |
Rennepont | Haute-Marne | Renepons | Approx. 1172 |
Ribemont | Aisne | Pro pontibus de Ribermont | 1248 |
Riom | Puy-de-Dôme | Pont de Nonette | 1303 |
Ris, Le, com. Varennes-lès-Nevers | Nièvre | 1343 | |
Robertière, La, near Saint-Georges-sur-Eure, arr. Evreux, cant. Nonancourt | Your | 1346 | |
Rochelle, La | Charente-Maritime | 1202 | |
Rochemaux | Vienne | Across Charente River | Approx. 1080 |
La Roche-Posay | Vienne | Across the Creuse River | 1175 |
Rochy-Condé | Oise | Pons de Craut prope villam de Conde | 1292 |
Romans , between communes Romans and Bourg-de-Péage | Drôme | Bridge over Isere River | From the middle of the 11th century |
Romorantin | Loir-et-Cher | 1336 | |
Roque, La, cant. Bagnols | Gard | Across the Cèze river | 13th Century |
Laroquebrou | Cantal | 1281-1282 | |
Roquecourbe | Camouflage | Across River Agout ; Repair work | 1317 |
Rouanne, at Nanteuil-le-Haudouin | Oise | 13th Century | |
Rouen | Seine-Maritime | Early 11th century | |
Sablé-sur-Sarthe | Sarthe | 13th Century | |
Sailly , between communes Remi and Sailly | Somme | 1236 | |
Saint-Affrique | Aveyron | Across the Sorgues River | Before 1368 |
Saint Antonin | Tarn-et-Garonne | Across Aveyron River | 1358 |
Saint-Astier | Dordogne | 1293 | |
Saint-Bertin, at Saint-Omer | Pas-de-Calais | Over river Aa | 1177-1187 |
Saint-Cloud | Seine-et-Oise | 1411 | |
Saint-Denis | Seine-Saint-Denis | Pont Maubert Pont-la-Reyne "De ponte de Trecines" between Saint-Denis and Montque |
1138 1233 Rebuilt not long before 1247 |
Sainte-Menehould | Marne | Pont de Berges Pont de la Villeneuve Pont de Gier |
1287 1287 1287 |
Saintes | Charente-Maritime | Before 1201 | |
Saint-Flour | Cantal | Bridge over the Aude to the suburb. Two more bridges over the Aude to Mühlen: Pont de Roueyre Pont-du-Colombier |
13th century 1273 under construction |
Before 1250
Saint-Généroux | Deux-Sèvres | Traditionally 13th century | |
Saint-Geniez | Aveyron | 1356 | |
Saint-Geniez, at Martigues | Bouches-du-Rhône | Saint-Geniez Bridge Hospital | Before 1211 |
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert | Herault | Across the Gouffre-Noir of the Hérault River | 1031-1048 |
Saint-Jean-d'Angély | Charente-Maritime | A nearby bridge over the Charente River was the scene of a battle that year | 1380 |
Saint-Julien, com. Pierry | Marne | 1239 | |
Saint-Laurent-du-Pont | Isère | 14th Century | |
Saint-Lô | Some | Called Briovera in ancient times | Gallo-Roman |
Saint-Maixent | Deux-Sèvres | Pont Charraut | 1366 |
Saint-Marceau | Sarthe | 12th Century | |
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés | Val-de-Marne | 1205 | |
Saint-Nicolas de Campagnac | Gard | See Campagnac | |
Saint-Omer | Pas-de-Calais | "All bridges over the River Aa between Saint-Omer and Gravelines ." | 1350 |
Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé | Vienne | Across the Gartempe River | 1485 |
Saint-Pierre-du-Pont Neuf, com. Beaumont-sur-Sarthe | Sarthe | 12th Century | |
Saint-Pourçain | Allier | Under construction this century | 14th Century |
Saint-Quentin | Aisne | 1237 | |
Saint-Savin sur Gartempe | Vienne | Possibly 12th or 13th century | |
Saint-Secondin | Vienne | 1329 | |
Saint-Thibaut | Loiret | See Sully-sur-Loire | |
Salbris | Loir-et-Cher | Gallo-Roman | |
salon | Bouches-du-Rhône | 1374 | |
Salonnes | Meurthe-et-Moselle | 950 | |
Saturargues | Herault | Before 1140 | |
Saumur | Maine-et-Loire | Before 1162 | |
Savines | Hautes-Alpes | 14th Century | |
Séchilienne | Isère | Ecclesia de S. Martini de Ponte-Roso | 10th century |
Sens | Yonne | Roman, 519, 1145 | |
Sérant | Loiret | Repair work at that time | 1387-1389 |
Serrières | Ardèche | 1251 | |
Between Seyssel (Département Ain) and Seyssel (Département Haute-Savoie) | Ain , Haute-Savoie | Across the Rhone ; a bridge here only from 1300 to around 1322 | Approx. 1300 - approx. 1322 |
Sommières | Gard | Across the Vidourle river , repaired in the Middle Ages | Roman |
Sône, La , between communes La Sône and Saint-Just-de-Claix | Isère | 13th Century | |
Sorgues | Vaucluse | 1125 | |
Sospel | Alpes-Maritimes | Possibly 11th century | |
Sully-sur-Loire | Loiret | Antique, 1318 | |
Suze, La, arr.Le Mans | Sarthe | 13th Century | |
Taillebourg | Charente-Maritime | "Cum pratis amoenis et ponte optimo." | 1242 |
Tarascon | Bouches-du-Rhône | Bridge to Anjou Castle | 1448 |
Tennie | Sarthe | Approx. 1216 | |
Terrason | Dordogne | 1233 | |
Terride-en-Gimoës, com. Saint-Georges | Gers | 1295-1314 | |
Thouars | Deux-Sèvres | 13th Century | |
Thourotte | Oise | 13th Century | |
Tocane-Saint-Âpre | Dordogne | Pont de Pardutz | 1150 |
Tonnerre | Yonne | bridges | 1241 |
Toulouse | Haute-Garonne | Old bridge attests to Pont-de-la-Daurade or New Bridge Pont de Las Clèdes Pont-de-Bazacle Bridges over the Hers river : Pont de Pericole and Pont de Velours |
1152 before 1181 1218 before 1219 1282 |
Tournon | Ardèche | Across the Doux River | Begun in 1351 |
Tours | Indre-et-Loire | Across the Loire River Across the Cher River |
1172-1178 |
1031-1037
Treix | Haute-Marne | Rebuilt at that time | 862 |
Trilbardou on the Marne | Haute-Marne | See Treix | |
La Trinité-Victor | Alpes-Maritimes | Ancient ramp ramp at the Moulin d'Ezé bridge | |
Troyes | Aube | Pont-Saint-Marie Pont-de-la-Salle Le Pont-Hubert Pont-en-Bourbereau Pont de Cailles across a canal Le grand pont des Moulins-aux-Monts and le pont Martinot Pont de Sencey Pont de Saint-Parres-les -Tertres and Pont de Fouchy |
1157 1154 1374 13th century 1416 1433 1431 |
Roman, 1136
Tugny-et-Pont | Aisne | 1197 | |
Uzes | Gard | Approx. 860 | |
Vaas | Sarthe | Repair work at that time | 1382 |
Vabres | Aveyron | Across Dourdou River | 1302 or 1277 |
Valence | Drôme | 1214 | |
Varennes-sur-Allier | Allier | 1258 | |
Verdun | Meuse | 6th century | |
Verlhac-Tescou | Tarn-et-Garonne | 1306 | |
Vermenton | Yonne | Across River Cure | 1238 |
Vernay | Deux-Sèvres | See Airvault | |
Vernon | Your | Before 1223 | |
Vicq-sur-Gartempe | Vienne | 1285 | |
Victot-Pontfol | Calvados | Ponsfolli (= Pontfol ), Pons Stulti | 1297 |
Vieille-Brioude | Haute Loire | With an arch span of 54.57 m, the Pont de Vieille-Brioude was the largest existing masonry arch bridge for 300 years before it collapsed. | 1340 |
Vieillevie | Cantal | 1218 | |
Vienne | Isère | Old bridge replaced | 1251 |
Villefranche-de-Belvès | Dordogne | 1357 | |
Villemanoche | Yonne | 823 | |
Villeneuve-sur-Lot | Lot-et-Garonne | 1282 | |
Villeneuve-sur-Yonne | Yonne | Formerly Villeneuve-le-Roi | 1186 |
Villerets, com. Écouis | Your | 1260 | |
Vitry-le-François | Marne | Two bridges, one of them to a castle | 1267 |
Vivonne | Vienne | Inheritance for repair work on bridge | 1264 |
Vizille | Isère | Washed in at this time | 1336 |
Warning sound | North | 1093-1111 | |
Youle | Aveyron | Across Aveyron River | 1320 |
Pont Saint-Bénézet (1177–1188) in Avignon , Vaucluse
Pont-de-Saint-Nicolas de Campagnac (1261) in Sainte-Anastasie , Gard
Roman Pont-du-Gard in Vers-Pont-du-Gard , Gard
Pont Valentré (1308 – approx. 1355) in Cahors , Lot
Pont du Diable (1321-1339) in Céret , Pyrénées-Orientales
Roman Pont-Saint-Martial (12th century) in Limoges , Haute-Vienne
Bridge in Montauban (c. 1336), Tarn-et-Garonne
Roman Pont des Marchands in Narbonne , Aude
Pont de Nyons (1361) in Nyons , Drôme
Pont du Diable (12th century) in Olargues , Hérault
Bridge in Orthez (until 1254), Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Bridge in Pont-de-Camarès (1311), Aveyron
Bridge in Pont-Saint-Esprit (begun in 1265), Gard
Bridge in Saint-Affrique (before 1368), Aveyron
Pont du Diable in Saint-Jean-de-Fos (1031-1048), Hérault
Bridge in Saint-Savin sur Gartempe (possibly 12th or 13th century), Vienne
See also
References & comments
- ↑ com. = Commune ; cant. = Canton ; arr. = arrondissement
literature
- Marjorie Nice Boyer: Medieval French Bridges. A History , Cambridge: Massachusetts, The Mediaeval Academy of America 1976, ISBN 0-910956-58-8 , pp. 171-195