Pont-Audemer, Eure Département, Normandy, France
🇫🇷 Pont-Audemer is a commune in the Eure department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2018, the former commune of Saint-Germain-Village was merged into Pont-Audemer.
Geography The commune is situated on the river Risle, 13 km upstream from its outflow into the Seine. It lies on the border between the regions Roumois and Lieuvin.
Sights The commune was spared substantial damage to its historic buildings during the Battle of Normandy. Nowadays the half-timbered buildings and the canals running between them are a tourist attraction. The church of Saint-Ouen is noted for its Renaissance stained glass.
Transport Pont-Audemer has a railway station, Gare de Pont-Audemer, but passenger services were ceased in 1969. The station is served by TER Haute-Normandie buses. PontAuRail, a heritage railway association, ran two Diesel multiple units (a X4500 and a X2400) from Pont-Audemer to Honfleur between 1995 and 2006.
Administration Until 1926, Pont-Audemer was a sub-prefecture of the Eure department.
Media The city is evoked in a poem of Paul Verlaine called "The Apollo of Pont-Audemer". The area is included in Ted Fahrenwald's book "Bailout Over Normandy: A Flyboy's Adventures" as the site where he met Riri, his sweetheart.
Europe/Paris/Eure
Pont-Audemer has a population of over 8,442 people. Pont-Audemer also forms part of the wider Bernay Arrondissement which has a population of over 227,054 people. It is also a part of the larger Eure Département. Pont-Audemer is situated near Bernay.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Pont-Audemer has links with:
🏴 Ringwood, England🇫🇷 Châtellerault 0.544
🇫🇷 Mortagne-au-Perche 0.547
🏴 St Leonards-on-Sea 0.548
🏴 Gillingham 0.55
🏴 Chelmsford 0.474
🏴 Bexhill-on-Sea 0.46
🏴 Kings Lynn 0.415
🏴 King's Lynn 0.398
Locations Near: Pont-Audemer 0.51,49.35
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🇫🇷 Le Havre 0.108,49.495 d: 33.2
🇫🇷 Argentan -0.02,48.751 d: 77
🇫🇷 Dieppe 1.086,49.925 d: 76.2
🇫🇷 Mortagne-au-Perche 0.547,48.521 d: 92.2
🇫🇷 Les Andelys 1.419,49.247 d: 66.9
Antipodal to: Pont-Audemer -179.49,-49.35
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