Pont-Remy

Pont-Remy
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Rue
Community association	Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Coordinates	50 ° 3 '  N , 1 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '  N , 1 ° 54'  E
height	6-109 m
surface	9.93 km 2
Residents	1,469 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	148 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	80580
INSEE code	80635
The church

Pont-Remy ( Picard : Pont-d'Érmy ) is a northern French municipality with 1469 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality is located in the arrondissement of Abbeville and is part of the Communauté de communes Ponthieu-Marquenterre and the canton of Rue .

geography

The train station at the beginning of the 20th century

The municipality is mainly located on the north (right) bank of the Somme around 5.5 south-west of Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher on the D901 département road leading to Abbeville, around 8.5 km away (former Route nationale 1 ), into which the Departmental road D112 joins, which follows the banks of the Somme upstream, and from which the departmental road D183 branches off, which connects Saint-Remy with Saint-Riquier , about 10.5 km to the north . The community extends to the north beyond the A16 autoroute . In the district south of the Somme, the station, which was in operation in 1847, is on the railway line from Amiens via Abbeville to Boulogne-sur-Mer .

history

During the Hundred Years War , English troops tried to take the place in 1346, but were repulsed by the French army. The Battle of Pont-Remy in July 1346 was the first of three battles in the Normandy Campaign of Edward III. during the early stages of the Hundred Years War against the French.

Residents

Development of the population

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
1569	1547	1406	1311	1395	1400	1532	1411

Attractions

• The Saint-Pierre church with a representation of the Virgin and Child from the 16th century.
• Located on a small island, largely destroyed by fire in 2012, registered as a monument historique since 1993 ( Base Mérimée PA00125670), a medieval fortress remodeled in a neo-Gothic style in the 19th century.
• The British war cemetery in the north of the community with 55 burials from the First World War .
• The Saint Frères weaving mill, built at the beginning of the 20th century.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ [1]
2. ↑ Report on the fire (French)
3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 26, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

Commons : Pont-Remy  - collection of images, videos and audio files