Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados

Pont- l'Évêque is a commune with 4432 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the department of Calvados in the Basse -Normandie.

The town lies at the mouth of the Calonne in the Touques whose catchment basin is the Pays d'Auge. Therefore Pont- l'Évêque is also Porte du Pays d'Auge, gateway to the Pays d'Auge called. Pont- l'Évêque is the origin of the cheese of the same. Since 1995, a partnership with the Lower Franconian town Veitshoechheim.

Attractions

  • Church of Saint -Michel
  • Church of Saint- Melaine
  • Former Dominican Monastery
  • Hôtel de Brilly, now the town hall
  • Hôtel Montpensier, today City Library
  • Many half-timbered houses
  • Musée du calvados et des métiers anciens

Personalities

  • Pierre -Nicolas Legrand (1758-1829), painter, draftsman and lithographer
  • Robert de Pellevé de La Motte- Ango, comte de Flers ( born November 25, 1872 in Pont- l'Évêque; † 30 July 1927 in Vittel ) was a playwright and journalist.
  • Baron David René de Rothschild ( b. 1942 ), mayor of Pont- l'Évêque 1977-1995.
Lower Normandy Arrondissement Arrondissement of Lisieux Cantons of France Postal codes in France France Touques (river) Pierre-Nicolas Legrand de Lérant Robert de Flers
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