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Pont-d'Ouilly | |
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 The River Olme in Pont-d'Ouilly | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Pont-d'Ouilly  | |
  Pont-d'Ouilly  Pont-d'Ouilly | |
| Coordinates: 48°52′27″N 0°24′27″W / 48.8742°N 0.4075°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Falaise |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Falaise |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Maryvonne Guibout[1] |
Area 1 | 19.50 km2 (7.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 980 |
| • Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14764 /14691 |
| Elevation | 42–251 m (138–823 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Pont-d'Ouilly (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ duji] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
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, La Martelée, Le Rocray, Les Hogues, La Potiche, La Guérardière, Le Hameau Hue, Le Haut d'Ouilly, Les Îles d'Ouilly, Le Val Aubert and Pont-d'Ouilly.[4]
The Commune with another 20 communes shares part of a 2,115 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Vallée de l'Orne et ses affluents.[5]
The Rivers Orne & Noireau plus six streams, The Orival, The Val Corbel, La Boullonniere, The Val la Here, La Mare des Bois and La Mesliere flow through the commune.[6]
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Pont-d'Ouilly is home to the famous Haras d'Ouilly, a Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding business currently owned by the Aga Khan IV.
The commune of Pont-d'Ouilly was created on 23 August 1947 from the merger of the two former communes of Saint-Marc-d'Ouilly and Ouilly-le-Basset (old INSEE code 14690) Pont-d'Ouilly - Histoire - Communes.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 1,194 | — |
| 1968 | 1,279 | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 1,230 | −3.8% |
| 1982 | 1,049 | −14.7% |
| 1990 | 1,002 | −4.5% |
| 1999 | 1,050 | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 1,040 | −1.0% |
Pont-d'Ouilly is twinned with:[9][10]
Chipping Campden, England
Hafenlohr, Germany| International | |
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