Ponthoile

Ponthoile
Commune
The town hall and school in Ponthoile
Coat of arms
Location of Ponthoile
Ponthoile Ponthoile
Coordinates: 50°12′59″N 1°42′48″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Abbeville-1
Intercommunality	CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Henri Poupart
Area 1	19.41 km2 (7.49 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	604
• Density	31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80633 /80860
Elevation	2–31 m (6.6–101.7 ft) (avg. 6 m or 20 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ponthoile (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃twal]) is a commune in the Somme department of Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Ponthoile is situated on the D235 road, some 15 km northwest of Abbeville, near the bay of the Somme.

History

In 1346, during the Hundred Years War, English troops burnt and pillaged the towns of the Ponthieu on their way to the Battle of Crécy. Ponthoile was attacked on Saint-Barthélémy's day, 24 August, just two days before the battle, burning down the 12th-century church.

In the 13th century, there were 180 homes in Ponthoile, according to Dom Grenier. After the ravages of the wars against the English and Burgundians, according to English statistics, there were only 48. The population of Ponthoile subsequently increase slowly into the middle of the 19th century, before declining again, as farming became mechanisied and people left for the big cities

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1698 300 —     1772 399 +0.39% 1793 581 +1.81% 1831 727 +0.59% 1836 781 +1.44% 1851 878 +0.78% 1861 876 −0.02% 1901 851 −0.07% 1921 715 −0.87% 1946 661 −0.31%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1962 629 −0.31% 1968 599 −0.81% 1975 537 −1.55% 1982 509 −0.76% 1990 502 −0.17% 1999 547 +0.96% 2007 603 +1.23% 2012 618 +0.49% 2017 615 −0.10%
Source: EHESS (1793-1999) and INSEE (1968-2017)

Main sights

• Memorial to the aviation pioneers, the brothers Caudron.
• Church of Saint Pierre. Badly damaged by two fires, it was decided, in 1836, to build a bigger, better church in brick and slate.

• 
  Saint-Pierre Church.
• 
  Caudron's Memorial.
• 
  Lourdes Grotto.
• 
  Chapel Fromentin, Romaine.
• 
  Former railway station in Romaine.
• 
  Roadsign in Morlay.
• 
  Stork in Romaine.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

External links

• Ponthoile municipal website (in French)
• Charter of the commune of Ponthoile (in French)