Pommereuil

Le Pommereuil
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Le Pommereuil
Le Pommereuil Le Pommereuil
Coordinates: 50°06′46″N 3°35′48″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Caudrésis - Catésis
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Marc Dufrenne
Area 1	6.45 km2 (2.49 sq mi)
Population (2015)2	779
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59465 /59360
Elevation	91–153 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

History

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

Heraldry

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

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file