Coordinates: 49°21′18″N 0°30′53″E / 49.355°N 0.514722222222°E
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Commune of Pont-Audemer |
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  Pont-Audemer
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Haute-Normandie |
| Department | Eure |
| Arrondissement | Bernay |
| Canton | Pont-Audemer |
| Mayor | Gaston Lecureur (2001–2008 intercomm=Pont-Audemer) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 2–115 m (6.6–380 ft) (avg. 9 m/30 ft) |
| Land area1 | 9.35 km2 (3.61 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 8,981 (1999) |
| - Density | 961 /km2 (2,490 /sq mi) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 27467/ 27500 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Pont-Audemer is a commune and the seat of a canton of the department of Eure in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
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Heraldry
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Geography
The commune is situated on the Risle between the Roumois and the 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 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 1961
Transport
Pont-Audemer has no rail services but the station building remains open and sells rail tickets. PontAuRail, a preserved railway, runs two Diesel multiple units (a X4500 and a X2400) from Pont-Audemer to Honfleur.
Miscellaneous
Until 1926, Pont-Audemer was the seat of a sub-prefecture of the Eure département.
Its coat of arms is a four arch bridge over a river argent in chief azure three fleur-de-lis or.
The city is evoked in a poem of Paul Verlaine called The Apollo of Pont-Audemer.
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