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|name = Pontorson |commune status = Commune |image = Pontorson MontStMichel.jpg |caption = The Mont Saint-Michel seen from the town's outskirts |arrondissement = Avranches |canton = Pontorson |INSEE = 50410 |postal code = 50170 |mayor = Patrick Larivière |term = |intercommunality = |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Pontorson (Manche).svg |coordinates = {{coord|48.55340|-01.50680|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 18 |elevation min m = 5 |elevation max m = 73 |area km2 = 61.47 |population = 4496 |population date = 2013 }}Pontorson is a commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, the former communes of Macey and Vessey were merged into Pontorson.[3] GeographyPontorson is situated about 10 kilometres from the Mont Saint-Michel, to which it is connected by highway and a walking path along the river Couesnon. The river also gives its name to the town's main street. HistoryThe town was founded in the 12th century after a vow by William the Conqueror. It was home to a fortress, which was razed to the ground in 1623 by order of King Louis XIII of France. During World War II, after the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in 1944, engineers of the Ninth Air Force IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat Advanced Landing Ground outside of the town. Declared operational on 10 August, the airfield was designated as "A-28", it was used by the 368th Fighter Group which flew P-47 Thunderbolts until early September when the unit moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was closed.[4][5] Frantz Fanon practiced psychiatry at Pontorson in the early 1950s. In 1990, Pontorson twinned with the town of Highworth in England. Main sights
TransportationPontorson is home to the nearest SNCF railway station to France's second most popular tourist attraction, Mont Saint-Michel. Despite the town's role as a tourist gateway, train services are relatively rare, about three or four per day. See also
References1. ^http://pagesperso-orange.fr/ot.pontorson/livres/Decouverte%20du%20Mt%20St%20Michel.htm#eglise notre dame {{Commons category|Pontorson}}{{Manche communes}}{{Authority control}}{{Manche-geo-stub}}2. ^http://www.mondes-normands.fr/angleterre/Patrimoine_architectural/Normandie/Avranchin/pontorson/1608Pontorson/index.htm 3. ^[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2015/10/23/INTB1525735A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 23 October 2015 {{fr}} 4. ^Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. 5. ^Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}. 1 : Communes of Manche |
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