Place:Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados, France

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NamePont-l'Évêque
Alt namesLaunay-sur-Calonnesource: Family History Library Catalog
Pont-l'Evêquesource: Family History Library Catalog
Pont-L'Évêquesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Pont-l'Évêquesource: WeRelate abbreviation
Saint-Melainesource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeCommune
Coordinates49.283°N 0.183°E
Located inCalvados, France
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Pont-l'Évêque is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is known for Pont-l'Évêque cheese, a type of soft cheese, the oldest Normandy cheese in production.

During World War II, the town was severely damaged by a two-day battle in August 1944. On 1 January 2019, the former commune of Coudray-Rabut was merged into Pont-l'Évêque.

The town serves as the setting for Gustave Flaubert's story Un cœur simple and features heavily in the book 13 - Lucky For Some which is about the history of the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion. There are many then and now photographs as well as maps and diagrams of battles that took place in the region.

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