Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados

French commune
nomcommune=Pont-l'Évêque


caption = Saint Michael's Church in Pont-l'Évêque
région=Basse-Normandie
département=Calvados
arrondissement=Lisieux
canton=Pont-l'Évêque
insee=14514
cp=14130
maire=André Desperrois
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Blangy Pont-l'Évêque
longitude=0.18472
latitude=49.28638
alt moy=16 m
alt mini=7
alt maxi=118 m
km²=8.07
sans=4133
date-sans=1999
dens=512
date-dens=1999

Pont-l'Évêque is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region of France. It has given its name to a type of soft cheese (see Pont-l'Évêque cheese).

Geography

The Touques River flows through the town.

Transport links

* A13 autoroute
* A132 autoroute
* Route nationale 177
* Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest

Personalities

Pont-l'Évêque was the birth place of:
* Roger de Pont L'Evêque (c.1115-1181), Archdeacon of Canterbury, and later Archbishop of York
* Jacques Guillaume Thouret (1746-1794), revolutionary, lawyer, president of the National Constituent Assembly

ee also

*Communes of the Calvados department

References

"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."