Pommereuil

Pommereuil or Le Pommereuil is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Le Pommereuil
Commune
A view within Pommereuil
Coat of arms
Location of Le Pommereuil
Le Pommereuil
Le Pommereuil
Coordinates: 50°06′46″N 3°35′48″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementCambrai
CantonLe Cateau-Cambrésis
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes du Caudrésis - Catésis
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Marc Dufrenne
Area
1
6.45 km2 (2.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
770
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59465 /59360
Elevation91–153 m (299–502 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

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

Heraldry
Arms of Pommereuil
 The arms of Le Pommereuil are blazoned :

Argent, a cross moline sable. (Challes-les-Eaux, Montalembert, Neuvilly and Le Pommereuil use the same arms.)

Monuments
Pommereuil British Cemetery
  • The church, Église Saint-Michel, was built during the 17th Century and has a fortified tower.

See also

References



  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.