4-638: Pont-Audemer ( French pronunciation: [pɔ̃.t‿odmɛʁ] ) is a commune in the Eure department in the Normandy region in northern France . On 1 January 2018, the former commune of Saint-Germain-Village was merged into Pont-Audemer. The commune is situated on the river Risle , 13 km upstream from its outflow into the Seine . It lies on the border between the regions Roumois and Lieuvin . The commune along with another 69 communes shares part of
8-557: A X2400 ) from Pont-Audemer to Honfleur between 1995 and 2006. Until 1926, Pont-Audemer was a sub-prefecture of the Eure department. The city is evoked in a poem of Paul Verlaine called "The Apollo of Pont-Audemer." The area is included in Ted Fahrenwald's book "Bailout Over Normandy: A Flyboy's Adventures" as the site where he met Riri, his sweetheart. Pont-Audemer is twinned with: This Eure geographical article
12-439: A 4,747 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called Risle, Guiel, Charentonne . The population data in the table below refer to the commune of Pont-Audemer proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune of Pont-Audemer absorbed part of the former commune of Saint-Agnan in 1835, Saint-Paul-sur-Risle in 1963 and Saint-Germain-Village in 2018. The commune was spared substantial damage to its historic buildings during
16-500: The Battle of Normandy . Nowadays the half-timbered buildings and the canals running between them are a tourist attraction. The church of Saint-Ouen is noted for its Renaissance stained glass. Pont-Audemer has a railway station, Gare de Pont-Audemer , but passenger services were ceased in 1969. The station is served by TER Haute-Normandie buses. PontAuRail , a heritage railway association, ran two Diesel multiple units (a X4500 and
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