Pommereuil

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Coordinates: 50°06′49″N 3°35′51″E / 50.1136111111, 3.5975

Commune of Pommereuil Le Pommereuil - center of the village and church
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Haute Sambre-Bois l'Évêque
Mayor	Marc Dufrenne (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	91 m–153 m
Land area¹	6.45 km²
Population² (1999)	717
- Density	111/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	59465/ 59360
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.

Pommereuil or Le Pommereuil is a commune of the Nord département, in northern France.

[edit] History

The village and surrounding woods (Bois l'Évêque) were heavily damaged by a tornado on June 24, 1967, a relatively rare occurrence in France.

[edit] Monuments

• The church, Église Saint-Michel, was built during the XVIIth Century and has a fortified tower.