- Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados
French commune
nomcommune=Pont-l'Évêque
caption = Saint Michael's Church in Pont-l'Évêque
région=Basse-Normandie
département=Calvados
arrondissement=Lisieux
canton=Pont-l'Évêque
insee=14514
cp=14130
maire=André Desperrois
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Blangy Pont-l'Évêque
longitude=0.18472
latitude=49.28638
alt moy=16 m
alt mini=7
alt maxi=118 m
km²=8.07
sans=4133
date-sans=1999
dens=512
date-dens=1999Pont-l'Évêque is a commune in the
Calvados department in theBasse-Normandie region ofFrance . It has given its name to a type of softcheese (seePont-l'Évêque cheese ).Geography
The
Touques River flows through the town.Transport links
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A13 autoroute
*A132 autoroute
*Route nationale 177
*Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest Personalities
Pont-l'Évêque was the birth place of:
*Roger de Pont L'Evêque (c.1115-1181),Archdeacon of Canterbury , and laterArchbishop of York
*Jacques Guillaume Thouret (1746-1794), revolutionary, lawyer, president of theNational Constituent Assembly ee also
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Communes of the Calvados department References
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