Ponthoile | |
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 The town hall and school in Ponthoile | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Ponthoile | |
  Ponthoile  Ponthoile | |
| Coordinates:50°12′59″N1°42′48″E / 50.2164°N 1.7133°E /50.2164; 1.7133 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Abbeville |
| Canton | Abbeville-1 |
| Intercommunality | CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Henri Poupart[1] |
Area 1 | 19.41 km2 (7.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 584 |
| • Density | 30.1/km2 (77.9/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 acommune in theSommedepartment ofHauts-de-France in northernFrance.
Ponthoile is situated on the D235 road, some 15 km northwest ofAbbeville, near the bay of theSomme.
In 1346, during theHundred Years War, English troops burnt and pillaged the towns of thePonthieu on their way to theBattle of Crécy. Ponthoile was attacked onSaint-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 toDom Grenier. After the ravages of the wars against the English andBurgundians, 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
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