Pont-Audemer

Pont-Audemer
Pont-Audemer
	Train station
	Coat of arms
	Location of Pont-Audemer
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Eure
Arrondissement	Bernay
Canton	Pont-Audemer
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014 intercomm = Pont-Audemer)	Michel Leroux
Area 1	9.35 km2 (3.61 sq mi)
Population (2008)	8,675
• Density	930/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	27467 /27500
Elevation	2–115 m (6.6–377.3 ft) ; (avg. 9 m or 30 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pont-Audemer is a commune in the Eure department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

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 .

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	4,599	—
1800	5,207	+13.2%
1806	5,386	+3.4%
1821	5,426	+0.7%
1831	5,305	−2.2%
1836	5,358	+1.0%
1841	5,497	+2.6%
1846	5,733	+4.3%
1851	6,310	+10.1%
1856	6,106	−3.2%
1861	6,136	+0.5%
1866	6,182	+0.7%
1872	6,124	−0.9%
1876	5,942	−3.0%
1881	6,168	+3.8%
1886	6,163	−0.1%
1891	6,084	−1.3%
1896	6,012	−1.2%
1901	5,908	−1.7%
1906	6,111	+3.4%
1911	6,123	+0.2%
1921	5,946	−2.9%
1926	5,953	+0.1%
1931	5,860	−1.6%
1936	6,279	+7.2%
1946	6,119	−2.5%
1954	6,724	+9.9%
1962	8,206	+22.0%
1968	8,969	+9.3%
1975	9,586	+6.9%
1982	9,750	+1.7%
1990	8,975	−7.9%
1999	8,979	+0.0%
2008	8,675	−3.4%

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 Renaissaince stained glass.

Personalities

Laetitia Casta, supermodel, was born there in 1978.
Hervé Morin, politician, current French Minister of Defence was born there in 1961.
Alexis Vastine, boxer, was born there in 1986.

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.