Gond-Pontouvre
Gond- Pontouvre is a commune with 5905 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department in the Poitou -Charentes. It belongs administratively to the district Angoulême and the eponymous canton of Gond- Pontouvre, whose main town ( chef -lieu ) it is. The residents ' Gondpontolviens " call themselves.
Geography
The municipality is located in the metropolitan area north of Angoulême. Neighboring municipalities are
- Champniers in the north,
- Ruelle -sur -Touvre in the Northeast,
- L' Isle- d'Espagnac in the east,
- Angoulême in the south,
- Saint- Yrieix -sur -Charente in the West,
- Balzac in the northwest.
The river Charente runs along the western boundary of the municipality and shall, on the left side of the Touvre, which crosses the municipality.
Transport links
By Gond- Pontouvre the railway line Bordeaux - Paris leads created with the 1852 60 -meter long and 47 meter high viaduct Viaduct Foulpougne on the Touvre. From the Department Angoulême road D910 performs Gond- Pontouvre north. The northern municipality we touched by the Route Nationale N10, which leads to Poitiers.