Pont, meaning "bridge" in
French, may refer to:
Places
France
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Pont, Côte-d'Or
Pont () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Côte-d'Or department
The following is a list of the 698 communes of the Côte-d'Or department of France.
The communes coopera ...
, in the Côte-d'Or ''département''
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Pont-Bellanger
Pont-Bellanger () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Calvados department
The following is a list of the 526 Communes of France, communes of the Ca ...
, in the Calvados ''département''
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Pont-d'Ouilly
Pont-d'Ouilly () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Geography
The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and ...
, in the Calvados ''département''
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Pont-Farcy
Pont-Farcy () is a Communes of France, former commune in the Manche Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region in northwestern France. Before 1 January 2018, it was part of the ...
, in the Calvados ''département''
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Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados
Pont-l'Évêque () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is known for Pont-l'Évêque cheese, a type of soft cheese, the oldest Normandy cheese in production.
History
In the summer of 1793 ...
, in the Calvados ''département''
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Pont-l'Évêque, Oise, in the Oise ''département''
Elsewhere
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Pont, Cornwall, England
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Pontarddulais
Pontarddulais (), also spelled Pontardulais (), is a town and community in Swansea, Wales. It is northwest of the city centre. It is in the Pontarddulais ward of the City and County of Swansea Council. Pontarddulais adjoins the village of Hend ...
, Swansea, Wales
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Pontypridd
Pontypridd ( , ), Colloquialism, colloquially referred to as ''Ponty'', is a town and a Community (Wales), community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, approximately 10 miles north west of Cardiff city centre.
Geography
Pontypridd comprises the ...
, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
* in
Ponteland
Ponteland ( ) is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is northwest of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Built on marshland near St Mary's Church and the old bridge, most marshland has now been drained to make way for housing. In the ind ...
, Northumberland
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Du Pont, Switzerland, in the commune of
L'Abbaye
L'Abbaye is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, located in the Jura-Nord Vaudois district in the Vallée de Joux. It takes its name from Lac de Joux Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery.
History
L'Abbaye was created as an indep ...
, Switzerland
Other
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Pont (surname) Pont is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Charles E. Pont, American artist
* John Pont, American college football coach
* Mike Pont, singer
* Mónica Pont, Spanish long-distance runner
* Robert Pont, 16th century Scottish reform ...
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Pont (Haiti) PONT (), officially the Political Party for Us All (), is a centre-left political party in Haiti. Jean Marie Chérestal, Prime Minister from 2 March 2001 to 21 January 2002, was the leader of the party. The party won in the 7 February 2006 Senate e ...
, a political party led by Jean Marie Chérestal
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Pont Rouelle
The Pont Rouelle (, ''Rouelle Bridge'') is a rail transport, railway bridge in Paris that crosses the river Seine. It connects the city's 15th arrondissement of Paris, 15th and 16th arrondissement of Paris, 16th Arrondissements of Paris, arrondiss ...
, a bridge in Paris, France
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Du Pont family
The du Pont family () or Du Pont family is a prominent family descended from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739–1817), a French minor aristocrat. Currently residing in the U.S. states of Delaware and Pennsylvania, the Du Ponts have been ...
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Graham Laidler
Graham Laidler (4 July 1908 – 23 November 1940) was a British cartoonist, noted for his work in Punch (magazine), ''Punch'' magazine in the 1930s. He signed his name as "pont", short for a nickname, ''Pontifex Maximus''.
Life
Laidler was ...
(1908–1940), British cartoonist, "Pont" of ''Punch'' magazine
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PONT
Pont, meaning "bridge" in French, may refer to:
Places France
* Pont, Côte-d'Or, in the Côte-d'Or ''département''
* Pont-Bellanger, in the Calvados ''département''
* Pont-d'Ouilly, in the Calvados ''département''
* Pont-Farcy, in the Cal ...
, time zone abbreviation for Ponape Time (Micronesia), UTC+11:00
* ''Pont'', Dutch for 'punt' or
cable ferry
A cable ferry (including the types chain ferry, swing ferry, floating bridge, or punt) is a ferry that is guided (and in many cases propelled) across a river or large body of water by cables connected to both shores. Early cable ferries often ...
See also
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Dupont (surname) Dupont, also spelled as DuPont, duPont, Du Pont, or du Pont is a French surname meaning "of the bridge", historically indicating that the holder of the surname resided near a bridge. , the name was the fourth most popular surname in Belgium, and , i ...
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DuPont
Dupont, DuPont, Du Pont, duPont, or du Pont may refer to:
People
* Dupont (surname) Dupont, also spelled as DuPont, duPont, Du Pont, or du Pont is a French surname meaning "of the bridge", historically indicating that the holder of the surname re ...
, the company
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Dupont (disambiguation)
Dupont, DuPont, Du Pont, duPont, or du Pont may refer to:
People
* Dupont (surname), a surname of French origin
* Du Pont family, one of the wealthiest families in the United States
Companies
* DuPont, one of the world's largest chemical compani ...
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Ponte (disambiguation)
Ponte, a word meaning ''bridge'' in Italian, Portuguese, and Galician languages, may refer to:
Places England
*Pontefract, a town in the Metropolitan City of Wakefield
France
*Ponte Leccia, a civil parish (hameau) in the department of Haute-Cors ...
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