Pontécoulant
Commune in Normandy, France
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Pontécoulant (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃tekulɑ̃] ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Pontécoulant | |
|---|---|
 Chateau | |
 Location of Pontécoulant | |
  Pontécoulant Location within France  Pontécoulant Location within Normandy | |
| Coordinates: 48°52′45″N 0°35′12″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Vire |
| Canton | Condé-en-Normandie |
| Intercommunality | Intercom de la Vire au Noireau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Gislaine Marie[1] |
Area 1 | 2.38 km2 (0.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 71 |
| • Density | 30/km2 (77/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14512 /14110 |
| Elevation | 98–245 m (322–804 ft) (avg. 64 m or 210 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.[3]
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Launay and Pontécoulant.[4]
The Commune along with another nine communes shares part of a 5,729 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Bassin de la Druance.[5]
The communes single watercourse is the River, La Druance.[6]
The commune is completely enclosed within the commune of Condé-en-Normandie.[4]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 125 | — |
| 1975 | 109 | −1.94% |
| 1982 | 106 | −0.40% |
| 1990 | 105 | −0.12% |
| 1999 | 108 | +0.31% |
| 2007 | 94 | −1.72% |
| 2012 | 91 | −0.65% |
| 2017 | 80 | −2.54% |
| 2023 | 71 | −1.97% |
| Source: INSEE[7] | ||
Points of Interest
National heritage sites
- Château à Pontécoulant is a seventeenth century Chateau that is a Museum of France, after its owners in 1908 left it to the department.[8][9] The chateau was listed as a Monument historique in 1927.[10]
Notable people
- Louis Gustave le Doulcet, comte de Pontécoulant (1764 – 1853) a French politician, was count of Pontécoulant.[11]
- Philippe Gustave le Doulcet, Comte de Pontécoulant - (1795–1874) a French astronomer, count of Pontécoulant and died here.[12]
- Louis Adolphe le Doulcet, comte de Pontécoulant (1794 – 1882) a French soldier and musicologist was count of Pontécoulant.[13]
