Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados
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Commune of Pont-l'Évêque |
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| Saint Michael's Church in Pont-l'Évêque | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Basse-Normandie |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Lisieux |
| Canton | Pont-l'Évêque |
| Intercommunality | Blangy Pont-l'Évêque |
| Mayor | André Desperrois (2008-2014) |
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| Elevation | 7 m–118 m (avg. 16 m) |
| Land area¹ | 8.07 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
4,133 |
| - Density | 512/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 14514/ 14130 |
| 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. | |
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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).
[edit] Geography
The Touques River flows through the town.
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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
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