Pont-sur-Sambre
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe | |
| Canton | Aulnoye Aymeries | |
| Community association | Maubeuge Val de Sambre | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 13 ' N , 3 ° 51' E | |
| height | 122-166 m | |
| surface | 11.33 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,541 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 224 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59138 | |
| INSEE code | 59467 | |
| Website | https://www.pont-sur-sambre.fr/ | |
_Salles_des_f%C3%AAtes,_mairie.jpg) Pont-sur-Sambre town hall with events center |
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Pont-sur-Sambre is a French commune with 3,163 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe and the canton of Aulnoye-Aymeries (until 2015: canton of Berlaimont ). The inhabitants are called Pontois .
geography
The municipality is located about eleven kilometers southwest of Maubeuge in the Avesnois Regional Nature Park on the Sambre . Pont-sur-Sambre is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Hargnies in the north, Vieux-Mesnil in the northeast, Boussières-sur-Sambre in the east and northeast, Saint-Remy-du-Nord in the east, Bachant in the south and southeast, Aulnoye-Aymeries in the South and southwest, Berlaimont in the southwest and Locquinol in the west and southwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 2,700 | 2,716 | 2,749 | 2,595 | 2,443 | 2,564 | 2,622 | 2,519 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Pont-sur-Sambre
- Notre-Dame de Quartes church, partly from the 15th, 16th and 18th centuries
- Old brewery, birthplace of Félix Del Marle
- Le Guet Tower
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literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 300-301.
