Pont-l'Évêque
Pont-l'Évêque (Fr-Paris--Pont-l’Évêque.ogg) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is known for Pont-l'Évêque cheese, a type of soft cheese, the oldest Normandy cheese in production.
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Key facts
• Name — Pont-l'Évêque • Commune Status — Commune • Arrondissement — Lisieux • Canton — Pont-l'Évêque • Insee — 14514 • Postal Code — 14130 • Mayor — Jérémy Roseau • Term — 2026–2032 • Intercommunality — CC Terre d'Auge • Elevation M — 16 • Elevation Min M — 5 • Elevation Max M — 148 • Area Km2 — 12.98
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Pont-l'Évêque appears in the authority records of the Etalab API Découpage administratif and the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names as a place. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Pont-l'Évêque as an inhabited place. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Pont-l'Évêque as a commune. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Normandie as the administrative unit of Pont-l'Évêque. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Calvados as the administrative unit of Pont-l'Évêque. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Normandie as the administrative region of Pont-l'Évêque. Etalab API Découpage administratif records France as the country of Pont-l'Évêque.
History
History
In the summer of 1793, in the wake of the Montagnard seizure of power, the town called on neighboring villages to rise up against those who had imprisoned "the most ardent defenders of true liberty". The also blamed the Montagnard for the September massacres of the previous year. During World War II, the town was severely damaged by a two-day battle in August 1944. On 1 January 2019, the former commune of Coudray-Rabut was merged into Pont-l'Évêque. The town serves as the setting for Gustave Flaubert's story Un cœur simple and features heavily in the book 13 - Lucky For Some which is about the history of the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion. There are many then and now photographs as well as maps and diagrams of battles that took place in the region.
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The area of Pont-l'Évêque is 1,313.21 hectares, according to the Etalab API Découpage administratif. The Etalab API Découpage administratif records the postal code 14130 for Pont-l'Évêque.
Geography and toponymy
Geography and toponymy
The river Touques flows through Pont-l'Évêque, which takes its name from a bridge (pont) built over the river. Starting in the 10th century, the local bishop (évêque) took responsibility for building and repairing the bridges and roads in France. Pont-l'Évêque thus means "Bishop Bridge". It was Latinised as Pons-Episcopi. Pont-l'Évêque station has rail connections to Paris, Deauville, Évreux and Lisieux.
Transport
Transport
• A13 autoroute • A132 autoroute • Route nationale 177 • Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest
Twin Towns
Twin Towns
• Ottery St Mary, United Kingdom (since 1977) • Veitshöchheim, Germany (since 1994)
Personalities
Personalities
Pont-l'Évêque was the birthplace of: • Roger de Pont L'Evêque (c. 1115–1181) – Archdeacon of Canterbury, and later Archbishop of York • Dière de Dièreville (c. 1670–?) – surgeon, botanist and writer who wrote about his 1699–1700 voyage to Acadia • Jacques Guillaume Thouret (1746–1794) – revolutionary, lawyer, president of the National Constituent Assembly • Ferdinand Alphonse Hamelin (1796–1864) – Navy officer, Admiral and Minister of Marine
Filming and Production
Filming and Production
• Pont-l'Évêque: • 2000: Les Misérables TV series by Josée Dayan The old prison of Pont-l'Évêque during the prison and visiting scenes • 2007: La Promeneuse d'oiseaux TV movie by Jacques Otmezguine • 2021: Meurtres à Pont-L’Évêque by Thierry Binisti • 2025: Gérald le Conquérant by Fabrice Éboué
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