Ponteils-et-Brésis

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Ponteils-et-Brésis
Coat of arms of Ponteils-et-Brésis
Ponteils-et-Brésis (France)
Ponteils-et-Brésis
region Occitania
Department Gard
Arrondissement Alès
Canton La Grand-Combe
Community association Mont Lozère
Coordinates 44 ° 24 '  N , 3 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 24 '  N , 3 ° 59'  E
height 371-1,484 m
surface 27.8 km 2
Residents 364 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 30450
INSEE code

Ponteils-et-Brésis is a French commune with 364 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gard department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Languedoc-Roussillon ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Alès and is part of the canton of La Grand-Combe (until 2015: canton of Génolhac ). The inhabitants are called Ponteillais .

geography

Ponteils-et-Brésis is located about 32 kilometers north-northwest of Alès on the Cèze . Ponteils-et-Brésis is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-André-Capcèze in the north, Pied-de-Bone in the northeast, Malons-et-Elze in the east and northeast, Bonnevaux in the southeast, Aujac in the south and southeast, Concoules in the south as well Pourcharesse in the west and northwest.

The Ponteils-et-Brésis train station is on the Cevennes Railway .

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
377 312 301 353 271 280 311 345
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • 12th century church
  • Brésis Castle with medieval donjon, Monument historique
  • Le Chambonnet Castle from the 17th / 18th centuries century
Brésis Castle

Web links

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