- Pont-Audemer
French commune
nomcommune=Pont-Audemer
région=Haute-Normandie
département=Eure
arrondissement=Bernay
canton=Pont-Audemer
insee=27467
cp=27500
maire=Gaston Lecureur
mandat=2001-2008intercomm=Pont-Audemer
longitude=0.514722222222
latitude=49.355
alt moy=9 m
alt mini=2
alt maxi=115 m
hectares=935
km²=9.35
sans=8981
date-sans=1999
dens=960|date-dens=1999Pont-Audemer is a commune and the seat of a canton of the department of
Eure in theHaute-Normandie region in northernFrance .Geography
The commune is situated on the
Risle between theRoumois and theLieuvin .ights
The commune was spared substantial damage to its historic buildings during the
Battle of Normandy . Nowadays thehalf-timbered buildings and the canals running between them are a tourist attraction. The church of Saint-Ouen is noted for its Renaissaince stained glass.Famous residents
*
Laetitia Casta , supermodel, was born there in 1978
*Hervé Morin , politician, current French Minister of Defence was born there in 1961Transport
Pont-Audemer has no rail services but the station building remains open and sells rail tickets.
PontAuRail , a preserved railway, runs twoDiesel multiple unit s (a X4500 and a X2400) from Pont-Audemer toHonfleur .Miscellaneous
Until 1926, Pont-Audemer was the seat of a
sub-prefecture of the Eure departement.Its
coat of arms is a four arch bridge over a river argent in chief azure threefleur-de-lis or.The city is evoked in a poem of
Paul Verlaine called "The Apollo of Pont-Audemer".
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