Pont-l'Évêque (Calvados)
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Lisieux | |
| Canton | Pont-l'Évêque | |
| Community association | Blangy Pont-l'Évêque Intercom | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 17 ′ N , 0 ° 11 ′ E | |
| height | 5-148 m | |
| surface | 12.98 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,662 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 359 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 14130 | |
| INSEE code | 14514 | |
| Website | www.pontleveque.com | |
 Place du Tribunal (Court Square) |
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Pont-l'Évêque is a French commune with 4,662 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy . It belongs to the arrondissement of Lisieux and the canton of Pont-l'Évêque .
It was created with effect from January 1, 2019 as the Commune nouvelle of the same name through the amalgamation of the previous municipalities of Pont-l'Évêque and Coudray-Rabut , which, however, were not granted the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Pont-l'Évêque.
Community structure
| District | former INSEE code |
Area (km²) |
Altitude (m) |
Population (2016) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coudray-Rabut | 14185 | 4.91 | 5-148 | 322 |
| Pont-l'Évêque (administrative headquarters) | 14514 | 8.07 | 7-118 | 4,418 |
location
The place is located at the mouth of the Calonne River in the Touques , whose basin forms the Pays d'Auge . This is why Pont-l'Évêque is also called Porte du Pays d'Auge , the gateway to the Pays d'Auge.
Population development
| local community | Population (Census) | ||||||||||
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| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2008 | 2011 | 2013 | 2016 | |
| Coudray-Rabut | 187 | 178 | 204 | 254 | 313 | 333 | 343 | 320 | 303 | 312 | 322 |
| Pont-l'Évêque | 3,188 | 3,466 | 3,709 | 3,767 | 3,843 | 4.133 | 4.158 | 4,202 | 4,432 | 4,534 | 4,418 |
| Pont-l'Évêque | 3,375 | 3,644 | 3,913 | 4,021 | 4.156 | 4,466 | 4,501 | 4,522 | 4,735 | 4,846 | 4,740 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||||
The (total) population of the municipality of Pont-l'Évêque was determined by adding up the municipalities that were independent until the end of 2018.
Attractions
- Saint-Michel church
- Saint-Melaine church
- Former Dominican convent, now the Espace Culturel les Dominicaines Museum (German cultural area of the Dominican women)
- Hôtel de Brilly, now the town hall
- Hôtel Montpensier, now the city library
- Numerous half-timbered houses
- Musée du calvados et des métiers anciens (German Museum of Calvados and old craftsmen (professions))
Personalities
- Pierre-Nicolas Legrand (1758–1829), painter, draftsman and lithographer
- Robert de Pellevé de La Motte-Ango, comte de Flers (1872–1927), playwright and journalist.
- Jean-Marie Girault (1926–2016), politician and Mayor of Caen
- Baron David de Rothschild (* 1942), Mayor of Pont-l'Évêque from 1977 to 1995.
- Frédéric Yonnet (* 1974), jazz and funk musician
economy
Pont-l'Évêque is the place of origin of the cheese of the same name .
Parish partnership
A partnership with the Lower Franconian community of Veitshöchheim has existed since 1995 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Decree of the Prefecture No. 14-2018-12-17-002 on the formation of the Commune nouvelle Pont-l'Évêque of December 17, 2018.
- ↑ Population figures retrospectively from January 1, 2016
- ^ Yves Lecouturier: Célèbres de Normandie . Orep Editions, 2007, ISBN 978-2-915762-13-6 , pp. 15 . (French)
- ↑ zeit.de: [1]