List of medieval bridges in France
The list of medieval bridges in France comprises all bridges built between 500 and 1500 AD in what is today France, that is including regions which were not part of the country in the Middle Ages, such as Burgundy, Alsace, Lorraine and Savoie. Along with those Roman bridges which remained in service throughout the period, there are in total over 700 structures known.
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Pont-Saint-Bénezet (1177–1188) at Avignon, Vaucluse
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Roman Pont-du-Gard at Remoulins, Gard
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Pont Valentré (1308–c. 1355) at Cahors, Lot
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Pont du Diable (1321–1339) at Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales
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Rebuilt Roman Pont-Saint-Martial (12th century) at Limoges, Haute-Vienne
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Bridge at Montauban (c. 1336), Tarn-et-Garonne
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Roman Pont des Marchands at Narbonne, Aude
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Nyons Bridge (1361) at Nyons, Drôme
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Bridge at Orthez (by 1254), Basses-Pyrénées
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Bridge at Pont-de-Camarès (1311), Aveyron
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Bridge at Pont-Saint-Esprit (begun 1265), Gard
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Bridge at Saint-Affrique (before 1368), Aveyron
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Bridge at Saint-Savin sur Gartempe (possibly 12th or 13th century), Vienne
Location[1] | Department | Comment | First attested |
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Abbeville | Somme | Pont-aux-Poissons | 1207 |
Agen | Lot-et-Garonne | Fund collection authorized in 1189; passable by end of the 13th century | 1189 |
Airvault | Deux-Sèvres | 11th century | |
Albi | Tarn | c. 1035 | |
Amboise | Indre-et-Loire | 1110 | |
Ambrussum | Gard, Hérault | Pont Ambroix, across the Vidourle | Roman |
Amiens | Somme | Pont de la Bretesque | 1415 |
Andelys, Les | Eure | 1197 | |
Angers | Maine-et-Loire | 1028 | |
Angoulême | Charente | Pont Saint-Cybard and Pons Sancti Eporchii | 1144–1149 |
Arc-en-Barrois | Haute-Marne | 1157 | |
Arcs-de-Parigny, Les | Vienne | 980 | |
Arc-sur-Tille | Côte-d'Or | 1124 | |
Arles | Bouches-du-Rhône | Roman bridge of boats after the 1st century, extant in the 4th and 5th centuries, but not in medieval times | Roman |
Ars-sur-Moselle | Moselle | Arx Arcus |
881 889 |
Art-sur-Meurthe | Meurthe-et-Moselle | Arcus | 770 |
Auboiré | Moselle | See Metz | |
Aurillac | Cantal | Pont dal Boys, on the Jordanne | 1298 |
Ausque, near Thérouanne | Pas-de-Calais | Bridge over the Hem | Before 1178 |
Autun | Saône-et-Loire | Ancient and 1253 | |
Auvers-sur-Oise | Val-d'Oise | Ancient, also 885 | |
Auxance, com. Chasseneuil | Vienne | ||
Auxerre | Yonne | Ancient and before 1075 | |
Avignon | Vaucluse | Pont-Saint-Bénezet | 1177–1188 |
Balme, La, com. Saint-Paul-d'Izeaux | Isère | 14th and 15th centuries | |
Balme-en-Genevois, La, arr. Annecy | Haute-Savoie | 1370 | |
Baudement | Marne | Two bridges | 1203 |
Bayonne | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Pont Maior | 1298 |
Bayonne | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Pont de Bertaco | 1381 |
Beaugency | Loiret | Before 1160–1182 | |
Beaumont | Yonne | Before 1185 | |
Beaumont-sur-Oise | Val-d'Oise | 1143–1145 | |
Beaumont-sur-Sarthe | Sarthe | 12th century | |
Beauvais | Oise | Before 1122 | |
Belcastel | Aveyron | 15th century | |
Bergerac | Dordogne | 1209 | |
Besançon | Doubs | Ancient and medieval | |
Béziers | Hérault | Before 1209 | |
Bigaroque | Dordogne | 1243 | |
Blanzy | Saône-et-Loire | 1305 | |
Blau | Aude | 1259 | |
Blois | Loir-et-Cher | Before 1078 | |
Bognens, Le pont de, com. Andert-et-Condon | Ain | 1290 | |
Boisseron | Hérault | Roman | |
Bonevi, near Lorrez-le-Bocage | Seine-et-Marne | 1202 | |
Bonpas | Vaucluse | 1166 | |
Bordeaux | Gironde | 1292 | |
Boudelin, com. Fontaine | Aube | 1231 | |
Bourges | Cher | Bridge to vineyard | 1095 |
Bouveruel, in bailliage of Rouen | Seine-Maritime | 1334 | |
Bouxières-aux-Dames, cant. Nancy-Est | Meurthe | 1073 | |
Brantôme | Dordogne | Pont du Monastère | 1474 |
Breuilpont | Eure | 1336 | |
Bréval | Yvelines | Bridges rebuilt in provost's district | 1202 |
Brèves | Nièvre | On the Yonne | Gallo-Roman |
Brezolles | Eure-et-Loir | Pontchartrain in Brezolles on the Nouvette | Gallo-Roman |
Briare | Loiret | On the Loire | Gallo-Roman |
Brières | Ardennes | Gallo-Roman | |
Brieulles-sur-Bar | Ardennes | Gallo-Roman | |
Brieulles-sur-Meuse | Meuse | Called Briodurum in 11th-12th centuries | 11th century |
Brimeux | Pas-de-Calais | 1292 | |
Brioude | Haute-Loire | Gallo-Roman | |
Brioux | Deux-Sèvres | Gallo-Roman | |
Briovera, later Saint-Lô | Manche | Gallo-Roman | |
Brissac | Maine-et-Loire | After 1162 | |
Brissarthe | Maine-et-Loire | Gallo-Roman | |
Brives | Indre | Gallo-Roman | |
Brives | Mayenne | Gallo-Roman | |
Brives-la-Gaillarde | Corrèze | Gallo-Roman; 6th century | |
Brives-sur-Charente | Charente-Maritime | Gallo-Roman | |
Brivodura | Yonne | See Pontaubert | |
Brivodurum | Eure | See Pont-Audemer | |
Bugue, Le | Dordogne | On the Vézère | 1463 |
Cahors | Lot | Pont Neuf Pont Valentre |
Roman 1251 1308–c. 1355 |
Cajarc | Lot | 1222 | |
Calais | Pas-de-Calais | 1390 | |
Campagnac, com. Sainte-Anastasie | Gard | Pont-de-Saint-Nicolas de Campagnac | 1261 |
Carbonne | Haute-Garonne | Rebuilding | 1356 |
Carcassonne | Aude | 1184 | |
Castres | Tarn | Repairs of Pont Bielh and Pont de Navès | 1391 |
Céret | Pyrénées-Orientales | Pont du Diable | 1321–1339 |
Chabris | Indre | Gallo-Roman | |
Chalonnes-sur-Loire | Maine-et-Loire | 1138–1148 | |
Châlons-sur-Marne | Marne | 1164 | |
Chalon-sur-Saône | Saône-et-Loire | Roman bridge of timber on stone piers; Pont Saint-Vincent built of stone 1415 on ancient piers | Roman, 1415 |
Charenton | Val-de-Marne | Gallo-Roman and 7th century | |
Charité-sur-Loire, La | Nièvre | 1482 | |
Chartres | Eure-et-Loir | Pont de Falaise in the parish of Saint-Prest | 1374–1454 |
Chartroussas, cant. Guignan, com. Roussac | Drôme | 1334 | |
Château-Gaillard | Eure | See Andelys, Les | |
Château-Gontier | Mayenne | 1080 | |
Châteauneuf-de-Mazenc, cant. Dieulefit | Drôme | 1462 | |
Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe | Maine-et-Loire | 1136–1138 | |
Château-Thierry | Aisne | 1287 | |
Châtellerault | Vienne | c. 1060 | |
Chaudefonds-sur-Layon | Maine-et-Loire | 1451 | |
Chauvigny | Vienne | c. 1080 | |
Cheney, cant. Seignelay | Yonne | Before 1185 | |
Chérisy, near Argenteuil | Seine-et-Oise | 1266 | |
Chinon | Indre-et-Loire | 1115–1126 | |
Chocques | Pas-de-Calais | Castle bridge | 1170–1191 |
Choisy-au-Bac | Oise | 1248 | |
Claix | Isère | See Grenoble | |
Clamecy | Nièvre | 1147 | |
Coëmont, cant. Château-du-Loir, arr. Mans | Sarthe | 11th century | |
Comines | Nord | 2nd half 14th century | |
Compiègne | Oise | c. 876; also 1112 | |
Comporté, communes Saint-Macoux and Saint-Saviol | Vienne | Pont de Compourte | 1432 |
Condom | Gers | Rebuilt | 1281 |
Conflans | Savoie | Pont de Conflans, on the Arly | Peutinger Table |
Confolens | Charente | On the Vienne | c. 1110–1140 |
Conques | Aude | Pont de Vilar | 1083 |
Corbeil | Seine-et-Oise | 1301 | |
Cornil | Corrèze | 1103 | |
Corre, La, com. Champ-sur-Barse | Aube | 1215 | |
Couilly | Seine-et-Marne | See Pont-aux-Dames | |
Coulanges-sur-Yonne | Yonne | 12th and 13th centuries | |
Coutances | Manche | Over the Vire | 1024–1093 |
Cravant | Yonne | 1368 | |
Creil | Oise | 1415 | |
Cuisery | Saône-et-Loire | On the Seille | 1350 |
Decize | Nièvre | 1225 | |
Dijon | Côte-d'Or | Pont Arnault; wooden bridge on the Ouche | 1395–1396 |
Donchery | Ardennes | 1322 | |
Dormans | Marne | 1258–1259 | |
Douve, com. Carentan | Manche | 1346 | |
Durtal | Maine-et-Loire | 11th century | |
Entraygues | Aveyron | Pont Notre-Dame, on the Lot Bridge on the Truyère |
1269 perhaps 14th century |
Escautpont | Nord | Pons Scaldis Scalpons |
Peutinger Table 921 |
Espalion | Aveyron | Pont-Vieux | 1060 |
Estaing, com. Monastier | Haute-Loire | 1329 | |
Étampes | Seine-et-Oise | 1060–1108 | |
Évreux | Eure | Pont Saint | 1245 |
Fénétrange | Meurthe | Pons Saravi | Peutinger Table |
Ferté-Milon, La | Aisne | 1349 | |
Figeac | Lot | 1291 | |
Flogny, arr. Tonnerre | Yonne | 1224 | |
Florent | Marne | Pont-de-Rêmes | Gallo-Roman |
Fontaine-Daniel, abbey, com. Saint-Georges-Buttavent | Mayenne | Bridge over the Mayenne Pont-David |
1209 1231 |
Fontaine-le-Port | Seine-et-Marne | 1204–1205 | |
Fouchères | Aube | 1220 | |
Frégère | Aveyron | See Najac | |
Gaillac | Tarn | 1256 | |
Gers | Two bridges over the Gers | c. 1060 | |
Gien | Loiret | 1458 | |
Gières | Isère | Pont de Gières | 14th century |
Gisors | Eure | 1184 | |
Goncelin, between communes of Goncelin and Le Touvet | Isère | Pont de Goncelin, on the Isère | 1270 |
Gournay-sur-Marne | Seine-et-Oise | 1147 | |
Grenade | Haute-Garonne | 1309 | |
Grenoble | Isère | Pont du Drac, near Claix Pont-Saint-Jaymes Pont de Porte-Traine |
1219 14th century 1378–1379 |
Grignan | Drôme | On the road to Grillon (Vaucluse) | 1436 |
L'Île-Bouchard | Indre-et-Loire | Pont de Saint-Gilles to L'Île-Bouchard in the Vienne reconstructed at that date | 1451 |
L'Isle-Adam | Seine-et-Oise | 1415 | |
Isle-de-Pons, L', com. Ligugé | Vienne | On the Clain | 1420 |
Isle-en-Périgord | Dordogne | See Lisle | |
Jargeau | Loiret | 13th century | |
Jarrie | Isère | A bridge at this point briefly about 1310, then a ferry again | c. 1310 |
Joigny | Yonne | In existence from that time | 13th century |
Jouars-Pontchartrain | Seine-et-Oise | Gallo-Roman | |
Juvardeil | Maine-et-Loire | 1075 | |
Juvisy, cant. Longjumeau, arr. Corbeil | Seine-et-Oise | 13th century | |
Lagny | Seine-et-Marne | Destroyed at that date | 1432 |
Lalinde | Dordogne | Toll for bridges | 1289 |
Laval | Mayenne | 1170 | |
Lectoure | Gers | 1485 | |
Lézigny, com. Mailly-la-Ville | Yonne | 1241 | |
Limoges | Haute-Vienne | Pont-Saint-Martial, rebuilt Roman bridge Pont-Saint-Étienne; both in use in the 12th century |
Roman 12th century |
Limoux | Aude | 1318 | |
Lisle | Dordogne | Isle-en-Périgord | 1309 |
Livron-sur-Drôme | Drôme | 1471 | |
Longpont | Aisne | 1118 | |
Lorrez-le-Bocage | Seine-et-Marne | See Bonevi | |
Lorris | Loiret | 1292 | |
Louviers | Eure | c. 1027 | |
Lyon | Rhône | Pont-de-Saône Pont-de-la-Guillotière |
Before 1050 Begun c. 1180–1182 |
Mâcon | Saône-et-Loire | Repairs at that time | 1362–1367 |
Magny-en-Vexin | Seine-et-Oise | Two bridges | 1260 |
Maguelone | Hérault | c. 1129 – c. 1158 | |
Mailly-la-Ville | Yonne | Later ruined by neglect | 14th century |
Mailly-le-Château | Yonne | 15th century | |
Mans, Le | Sarthe | Pont Perrin Pont Ysoard or Ysoir |
12th century 1067–1078 |
Mantes | Seine-et-Oise | In 1185 Louis VII confirmed an act of 1121 mentioning the bridge | 1185 |
Marcigny | Saône-et-Loire | Later disappeared | 12th century |
Marquefave | Haute-Garonne | 1413 | |
Marseilles | Bouches-du-Rhône | Pont des Béroards Pont de Velut |
1255 1352 1436 |
Mathefelon, com. Tiercé | Maine-et-Loire | Repaired at that date | 1454 |
Mauléon | Basses-Pyrénées | 1289 | |
Mayenne | Mayenne | 1028 | |
Meaux | Seine-et-Marne | 991 | |
Melun | Seine-et-Marne | 1212 | |
Mende | Lozère | Pont Notre-Dame | 14th century |
Mesnil-Durand, Le | Calvados | Pont Alerie (=Pontalery) | 1320 |
Metz | Moselle | Pont Saint-Georges Pont-des-Morts or Moyen Pont Pont-Thiffroy Le Grand Pont des Morts Also at Auboiré near Metz |
Before 13th century 1222–1223 1222 1245 1240 |
Meulan | Seine-et-Oise | 1182 | |
Meung | Loiret | 13th century | |
Mézières | Ardennes | Repairs | 1497–1498 |
Millançay | Loir-et-Cher | 1387–1389 | |
Millau | Aveyron | Pont Vieux New bridge |
Before 1156 Before 1286 |
Moissac | Tarn-et-Garonne | 1120 | |
Montargis | Loiret | 1234 | |
Montauban | Tarn-et-Garonne | c. 1336 | |
Montélimar | Drôme | 1360 | |
Montereau-Faut-Yonne | Seine-et-Marne | c. 1016–1037 | |
Montferrand | Puy-de-Dôme | 1308 | |
Montier-en-Der | Haute-Marne | 876 | |
Montignac | Dordogne | Over the Vézère; Stone piers | 11th century |
Montignac-le-Petit | Dordogne | Over the Ille | 1281 |
Montmorot, suburb of Lons-le-Saulnier | Jura | 1439 | |
Montolieu | Aude | 1392 | |
Montouron | Maine-et-Loire | 1458 | |
Montpellier | Hérault | Pont sur le Lève | 1267 |
Montpont, arr. Riberac | Dordogne | 1376 | |
Montréal | Gers | 1411 | |
Montréal, cant. Isle-au-Serain | Yonne | Moulin du pont | 1204 |
Montreuil-Bonnin, com. Vouillé | Vienne | On the Boivre | |
Montreuillon | Nièvre | 1213 | |
Montségur | Ariège | 1265 | |
Moret-sur-Loing | Seine-et-Marne | 1499 | |
Motte-de-Bourbon, com. Pouançay | Vienne | 1455 | |
Mouy | Oise | 1320 | |
Najac | Aveyron | Pont de la Frégère, on the Aveyron | 1288 |
Nantes | Loire-Inférieure | Pont-en-Vertais | 14th century |
Narbonne | Aude | Pont des Marchands | Roman and 1227 |
Natiaux, com. Avrolles | Yonne | Pont-des-Natiaux, on the Armançon | 1147 |
Negueromieu or St. Hilaire | Haute-Garonne | See Toulouse | |
Nevers | Nièvre | 1273 | |
Nîmes | Gard | 1308 | |
Nogent-sur-Seine | Aube | 1319 | |
Norges-le-Pont, com. Norges | Côte-d'Or | 1276 | |
Nyons | Drôme | Nyons Bridge | 1361 |
Olargues | Hérault | Pont du Diable | 12th century |
Olla, com. St. Egrène | Isère | 13th century | |
Orange | Vaucluse | 1368 | |
Orléans | Loiret | Before 1176 | |
Orthez | Basses-Pyrénées | By 1254 | |
Oulchy-le-Château | Aisne | 1287 | |
Palaminy | Haute-Garonne | Washed out at that date | 1388 |
Pamiers | Ariège | 1356 | |
Paris | Seine | Grand Pont, Petit Pont Pont-aux-Meuniers Pont-Saint Michel Pont-Notre-Dame |
Ancient After 1296 1378 1412–1416 |
Parrigneux, near Roussillon | Ain | 1290 | |
Passavant | Marne | Drawbridge and Pont-aux Vendages | 1287 |
Périgny-la-Rose | Aube | Bridges of Pugny | 1175 |
Périgueux | Dordogne | Ancient bridges Stone bridge Pons Sancti Hilarii |
1206 1363 |
Perpignan | Pyrénées-Orientales | 1275 | |
Pessac, Saint-Martin-de- | Gironde | Bridge at the archbishop's residence at La Motte-de-Pessac | 1354 |
Pichaumeix or Pechaumeix, com. Saint-Mihiel | Meuse | 1280–1282 | |
Pierre-Châtel, com. Virignin | Ain | Replaced in 1226 | Ancient, 1226 |
Pierrepont, cant. Marle | Aisne | Castrum Petraepontis | 938, 1165 |
Pierrepont | Calvados | Petrepons | 1145 |
Pierrepont | Oise | 1198 | |
Pierrepont-sur-l'Arentèle | Vosges | 1302 | |
Poissy | Yvelines | 1162 | |
Poitiers | Vienne | Pont Achard, on the Boivre Pont Joubert Pont Cyprien, on the Clain Pontneuf (or Pont de Rochereuil) to bourg of Montierneuf |
1017 1083 1101 1087 |
Pomblin | Aube | Pont Belin | 1287 |
Pompertuzat | Haute-Garonne | Jerusalem Itinerary | 333 |
Pompierre | Vosges | 6th century, 1179 | |
Ponant, com. Livet-et-Gavet | Isère | Pons Nahon | 14th century |
Ponnesant, com. Saint-Martin-sur-Ouanne | Yonne | Ponsnascentius | 855, 1188 |
Ponrault, com. Migné | Vienne | Pons Regales | 993–1029 |
Pontréau | Vienne | 993-1030 | |
Pons | Charente-Inférieure | 1242 | |
Pons, Le Grand Logis, com. St.-Pierre-de-Chartreuse | Isère | 12th century | |
Pons Aerarius or Ponte Herarum, between communes of Bellegard and Arles | Bouches-du-Rhône | Jerusalem Itinerary | 333 |
Pons de Craut | Oise | See Rochy-Condé | |
Pons-de-Rastel, Le, com. Genolhac | Gard | 1212 | |
Pons Sancti Hugonis, between communes of La Chapelle-du-Bard (Isère) and Arvillard (Savoie) | Isère, Savoie | Bridge on the Bens, now called Pont-du-Diable | 14th century |
Pont, Le, com. Peuvert | Aude | Pons de Blavo | 1259 |
Pont | Aveyron | 1484–1489 | |
Pont, Le, com. Naucelles | Cantal | 1442 | |
Pont, Le, com. Dienne | Cantal | 1485 | |
Pont, Le, com. Feux | Cher | 1464 | |
Pant, Le, com. Lugny-Champagne | Cher | 1302 | |
Pant, Le, com. Moulins-sur-Yèvre | Cher | 1484 | |
Pont, Le, communes of Reigny and Saint-Christophe-le-Chaudry | Cher | 1449 | |
Pont, Le, Pralemine or Saint-Priest, domaine, com. Charenton-du-Cher | Cher | Pons Sancti Preijecti | 1319 |
Pont | Côte-d'Or | 937 or 938, 1257 | |
Pont, Le, com. Bligny-sur-Ouche | Côte-d'Or | In molendino de Ponte | 1238 |
Pont, Le, com. Pont-et-Massène | Côte-d'Or | 1368 | |
Pont, Le, com. Grignol | Dordogne | Molendinum dict. de Ponte | 1308 |
Pont, Le, com. Neuvic | Dordogne | 1471 | |
Pont, Le, com. Vallereuil | Dordogne | 1440 | |
Pont, Le, com. Bailleau-sous-Gallardon | Eure-et-Loir | Pons Petre | 1241 |
Pont, Chemin de | Eure-et-Loir | From Vauparfonds to Luisant | 1300 |
Pont, Le, com. Tharaux | Gard | 1292 | |
Pont, Le, com. Saint-Pal-de-Mons | Haute-Loire | 1314 | |
Pont, Le, com. Lavoûte-Chilhac | Haute-Loire | 1288 | |
Pont, Le, com. Herbeys | Isère | Ponte Vitreo | 14th century |
Pont, Le, com. Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage | Isère | Pons de Rippis and Pons de Romanche | 13th century |
Pont, Le, com. Villefontaine | Isère | 15th century | |
Pont, Moulin du, com. Bazougers | Mayenne | 1277 | |
Pont, Moulin du, com. Coussay | Vienne | Farm and windmill | 1473 |
Pont, Le, com. Genouillé | Vienne | 1403 | |
Pont, Le, com. Lhommaizé | Vienne | 1469 | |
Pont, Moulin du, com. Saint-Genest | Vienne | On the Fontpoise | 1474 |
Pont, Le, com. Saix | Vienne | Hostel du Pont | 1476 |
Pont, Le, com. Dommartin-lès-Remiremont | Vosges | 1235 | |
Pont-à-Bucy, cant. Crécy-sur-Serre | Aisne | Pons-de-Nogento-Abbatisse | 1170 |
Pont-à-Chaussy, com. Courcelles-Chaussy | Moselle | To the left of the Nied Française Pont-aux-Loups or Pont Quinquobeille |
1324 15th century |
Pont-à-Couleuvre, Le, com. Auffrique-et-Nogent | Aisne | Pons de Colovere | 1145 |
Pontageon, com. Ventenges | Haute-Loire | Pontago | 1279 |
Pontaigon, com. Lhommaizé | Vienne | Pontum Aigone Pontaigum |
916 1223 |
Pontailler | Côte-d'Or | Pontiliacus Pons Lindi In villa Pontiliaco |
869 872 1049 |
Pontaix, com. Die | Drôme | Mutatio Darentiaca of the Jerusalem Itinerary | 333 |
Pont-Alain, Le, com. Saint-Berthevin | Mayenne | Le moulin et reffoul de Pontalain | 1443 |
Pont-à-Luc, communes of Nîmes and Marguerittes | Gard | Footbridge | 1301 |
Pontamafrey | Savoie | Pons Amalfredi | 1190 |
Pont-à-Mousson | Meurthe | 896, 905, 1230 | |
Pont-Annet, com. Priziac | Morbihan | On the brook Pont-Rouge | 1431 |
Pontarcher, com. Ambleny | Aisne | De Ponte-Archerii | 1320 |
Pont-Arcy | Aisne | Pons-de-Arserio | 1232 |
Pontardennes, com. Wizernes | Pas-de-Calais | Pont d'Artengues | 1469 |
Pontarie, La, com. Saint-Laurent | Dordogne | 1460 | |
Pontarlier | Doubs | On site of Ariorica in the Antonine Itinerary | 13th century |
Pontarm, com. Assérac | Loire-Inférieure | De Ponte Armore | 14th century |
Pont-Arnaud, com. Monsec | Dordogne | 1373 | |
Pont-Arnaud, com. Nîmes | Gard | Bridge on the Cadereau | 1380 |
Pontarrane, com. Compagne | Aude | Mill of Pontarrana on the Aude | 1373 |
Pontarrou, Le, com. Magrie, sect. A. | Aude | 1257 | |
Pont-à-Sault, com. Dourges | Pas-de-Calais | 1271 | |
Pont-Asquin, com. Wardrecques | Pas-de-Calais | 1306 | |
Pont-Astier, com. Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon | Haute-Loire | 1163 | |
Pontaubert | Yonne | Pons-Herberti | 1167 |
Pont-Audemer | Eure | Brivodurum Duos Pontes Pont-Audemer |
Ancient 715 1027 |
Pont-Auffroy, com. Chevru | Seine-et-Marne | Mill | 1210 |
Pontaujard, com. Montbrison | Drôme | Pons Aujart | 1332 |
Pontault, com. Nottonville | Eure-et-Loir | 1468 | |
Pontauriol, com. Cassaigne | Aude | A brook | 1468 |
Pont-Authou | Eure | Pons Altou | 1024 |
Pont-Auvray, Le, com. Landivy | Mayenne | 12th century | |
Pont-aux-Dames | Seine-et-Marne | 1226 | |
Pont-aux-Moines, communes Chécy and Mardié | Loiret | 1075 | |
Pont-à-Vaches, com. Béthune | Pas-de-Calais | 1215 | |
Pont-à-Vendin | Pas-de-Calais | 1024 | |
Pontavert | Aisne | Pons Vardius | 1112 |
Pontazel, com. Bram | Aude | 1315 | |
Pontbagnes | Isère | Formerly near Izeaux | 13th century |
Pont-Barrois, Le, com. Concressault | Cher | 1345 | |
Pont-Barse, com. Courteranges | Aube | 1183 | |
Pontbeau | Savoie | A domain | 12th century |
Pont-Bellanger | Calvados | 1203 | |
Pont-Benoist, com. Sainte-Colombe | Seine-et-Marne | Mill and old fief | 1256 |
Pont-Bernard, Le, com. Montmançon | Côte-d'Or | 1303 | |
Pont-Bernard, between communes of Beaufin and Aspres-lès-Corps | Isère, Hautes-Alpes | On the Drac | 14th century |
Pont-Besnier, Le, between communes of Juigné and Auvers-le-Hamon | Sarthe | 1321 | |
Pont-Besse, Le, com. Laveissière | Cantal | 1490 | |
Pont-Bone, com. Lembras | Dordogne | 1373 | |
Pontcallec, com. Berné | Morbihan | Brook and pond | 1291 |
Pontcarlet, com. Hueg | Isère | 14th century | |
Pont-Carpin, communes of Grenoble and Saint-Martin-d'Hères | Isère | On the brook Grande-Morgne | 13th century |
Pontcarré | Seine-et-Marne | Fief | 15th century |
Pontcerme, com. Coursan | Aude | A farm; Pons Septimus | 1352 |
Pont-Cervier, Le, com. Cohade | Haute-Loire | On the Vendage | 1323 |
Pontcharain, com. Theys | Isère | Pons Charen | 13th century |
Pontcharra | Isère, Savoie | 13th century | |
Pontchartrain | Eure-et-Loir | See Brezolles | |
Pontchartrain, com. Saint-Mard-de-Réno | Orne | Gallo-Roman | |
Pontchartrain | Seine-et-Oise | See Jouars-Pontchartrain | |
Pontchâteau | Loire-Inférieure | 11th century | |
Pont-Chauvet, Le, com. La Celle-Condé | Cher | 1450 | |
Pont-Croissant, com. Montbonnot-Saint-Martin | Isère | 14th century | |
Pont-d'Aby, Le, com. Narbonne | Aude | Old bridge on the road from Narbonne to Capestang | 1329 |
Pont-d'Ain | Ain | 13th century or 1326 | |
Pont-d'Ainon, Le, com. Plaimpied-Givaudins | Cher | 1300 | |
Pont-d'Aisy, Le, com. Aisy-sous-Thil | Côte-d'Or | 1255 | |
Pont-d'Ambel, between communes of Ambel and Corps | Isère | On the Drac | 13th century |
Pont-Dandon, cant. Molières | Gard | 1301 | |
Pont-d'Anglars | Dordogne | 1489 | |
Pont-d'Aurel, Le, communes of Aurel and Vercheny | Drôme | 1193 | |
Pont-d'Authie, com. Jussac | Cantal | 1369 | |
Pont-d'Avene, com. Gigean | Hérault | 1376–1378 | |
Pont-d'Avord, Le, com. Farges-en-Septaine | Cher | 1460 | |
Pont-de-Barangeon, Le, com. Vignoux-sur-Barangeon | Cher | 1260 | |
Pont-de-Barret, Le, com. Dieulefit | Drôme | Locus qui prius dictus est Sayenna et modo dicitur ad Pontem | 956 |
Pont-de-Beauvoisin, Le | Isère | Pontem Castellum | 11th century |
Pont-de-Brion, communes Lavars and Roissard | Isère | 14th century | |
Pont-de-Briques, Le, com. Saint-Léonard | Pas-de-Calais | 1203 | |
Pont-de-Camarès | Aveyron | 1311 | |
Pont-de-Cernon, com. Chapareillan | Isère | 14th century | |
Pont-de-Champ, between communes of Jarrie and Champ | Isère | Bridge over the Romanche | 13th century |
Pont-de-Chargy, Le, com. Barneçon | Cher | 1350 | |
Pont-de-Charréas, Charrées, com. Malrevers | Haute-Loire | 1253 | |
Pont-de-Chéruy | Isère | 13th century | |
Pont-de-Cognet, between communes of Cognet and Saint-Jean-d'Hérans | Isère | Bridge over the Drac | 13th century |
Pont-de-Coly, cant. Montignac | Dordogne | 1460 | |
Pont de Cordéac et de Quet-en-Beaumont, above the village of Gautiers | Isère | Pons Rumieuf | 13th century |
Pont-de-Coubon, com. Coubon | Haute-Loire | 1095 | |
Pont-de-Cros, Le, com. Murat | Cantal | Pons del Cros apud Muratum | 1289 |
Pont-de-Gavet, com. Livre-du-Genet, near Grenoble | Isère | Gallo-Roman | |
Pont-de-Gennes | Sarthe | Le Pont de Gene | 1357 |
Pont-de-Gers, com. Vienne | Isère | 15th century | |
Pont-de-Jaillon, Le, com. Jaillon | Meurthe | Le Pont-a-Jaillons | 1291 |
Pont-de-la-Beaurone, com. Chancelade | Dordogne | 1115 | |
Pont-de-la-Bourne, com. Villard-de-Lans | Isère | 14th century | |
Pont-de-la-Chartreuse, Le, com. Brives-Charensac | Haute-Loire | Parvus Pons | c. 1210 |
Pont-de-la-Morge, Le, com. Moirans | Isère | Bridge on the Morge | 14th century |
Pont-de-la-Motte, between communes of Avignonet and La Motte-Saint-Martin | Isère | On the Drac | 13th century |
Pont-de-la-Peyre, Le, com. Fanjeaux | Aude | 1442 | |
Pont-de-la-Peyre, com. Bergerac | Dordogne | 1467 | |
Pont-de-la-Raz, com. Valjouffrey | Isère | 14th century | |
Pont-de-l'Arche | Eure | c. 1020 | |
Pont-de-la-Reynette, cant. Nîmes | Gard | On the Fontaine | 1380 |
Pont-de-la-Romanche, com. Le Bourg-d'Oisans | Isère | Pons Medius | 13th century |
Pont-de-l'Enceinte, Le, com. Yssingeaux | Haute-Loire | Mill and bridge on the Lignon; Pons voc. de la Saynta | 1273 |
Pont-de-l'Escure, Le, com. Saint-Flour | Cantal | La Plancha | 1369 |
Pont-de-l'Herbasse, Le, com. Clérieux | Drôme | 1468 | |
Pont-de-Limon, com. Courtomer | Seine-et-Marne | At Pontpierre | 1365 |
Pont-de-Livier, Le, com. Bellegarde | Gard | 1380 | |
Pont-de-l'Oula, Le, com. Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage | Isère | 14th century | |
Pont-de-Lussac, Le, com. Mazerolles | Vienne | 12th century | |
Pont-de-Maillé, Le, com. Saint-Martin-l'Ars | Vienne | 1482 | |
Pont-de-Marne, Le, com. Langres | Haute-Marne | 854 | |
Pont-de-Mars, Le, com. Chambon | Haute-Loire | 1254 | |
Pont-de-Moeurs, Le, communes Moeurs and Sézanne | Marne | Le moulin du Pont-à-Meure | 1493 |
Pont-de-Montgnon, com. Juilly | Seine-et-Marne | 1467 | |
Pont-d'Entraygues, Le | Aveyron | See Entraygues | |
Pont-de-Pierre, Le, com. Morogues | Cher | 1457 | |
Pont-de-Pierre, Le, com. Auxonne | Côte-d'Or | 1442 | |
Pont-de-Pierre, Le, cant. Bellefontaine | Vosges | 1436 | |
Pont-de-Portes, Le, communes Séchilienne and Saint-Barthélemy-de-Séchilienne | Isère | Ruined bridge on the Romanche | 14th century |
Pont-de-Quaix, com. Quaix | Isère | Bridge on the Vence | 14th century |
Pont-de-Quart, Le, com. Beaumont-lès-Valence | Drôme | 1483 | |
Pont-de-Rochefort, Le, com. Alleyras | Haute-Loire | Bridge on the Allier | 1345 |
Pont-de-Roison, Le, between communes of Nantes-en-Ratier and Siévoz | Isère | 13th century | |
Pont-de-Ruan | Indre-et-Loire | The ancient Rotomagus of the Peutinger Table | 6th century, also 9th century |
Pont-de-Saint-Martin, Le, com. Agonac | Dordogne | 1367 | |
Pont-de-Saint-Martin, Le, between communes of Clelles and Saint-Martin-de-Clelles | Isère | Bridge over the Orbanne | 14th century |
Pont-de-Saint-Nicolas de Campagnac | Gard | See Campagnac | |
Pont-des-Anjalvis, com. Menet | Cantal | 1441 | |
Pont-des-Echelles, between communes of Entre-deux-Guiers and Les Échelles | Isère, Savoie | Bridge on the Guiers-Vif | 13th century |
Pont-de-Soirans, com. Soirans-Fouffrans | Côte-d'Or | 1390-1391 | |
Pont-d'Estrouilhas, Le, communes of Aiguilhe and Espaly-Saint-Marcel | Haute-Loire | On the Borne | 1245 |
Pont-de-Sumène, com. Blavozy | Haute-Loire | 1359 | |
Pont-d'Etaules, com. Saint-Seine-sur-Vingeanne | Côte-d'Or | 1322 | |
Pont-de-Tréboul, Le, com. Sainte-Marie | Cantal | 15th century | |
Pont-de-Vaux | Ain | c. 1250 | |
Pont-de-Vaux, com. Marly-sous-Issy | Saône-et-Loire | 1312 | |
Pont-de-Vaux, com. Millac | Vienne | 1451 | |
Pont-de-Veyle | Ain | 1186 | |
Pont-de-Veyton, Le, between communes of Allevard and Pinsot | Isère | Bridge on the brook Veyton | 12th century |
Pont-d'Isalguier | Haute-Garonne | See Toulouse | |
Pont-d'Iverny, Le, com. Montmirail | Sarthe | c. 969 | |
Pont-d'Ognon, Le, com. Homps | Aude | 1231 | |
Pont-d'Ouilly | Calvados | 1125 | |
Pont-du-Boeuf, com. Saint-Blaise-du-Buis | Isère | Pons Boum; Pons de Bos | 14th century |
Pont-du-Bourniou, Le, com. Ladinhac | Cantal | 1464 | |
Pont-du-Château | Puy-de-Dôme | Before 1151 | |
Pont-du-Diable | Isère, Savoie | See Pons Sancti Hugonis | |
Pont-du-Fieu, Le, com. Saint-Julien-d'Ance | Haute-Loire | On the Ance | 1417 |
Pont-du-Fort, Le, com. Troarn | Calvados | 1310 | |
Pont-du-Gard, com. Remoulins | Gard | Roman aqueduct on the Gardon; called Pons de Gartio in 1295 | Roman |
Pont-du-Gy, Le, communes of Duisans and Étrun | Pas-de-Calais | Le Pons Duisy | 1364 |
Pont-du-Monastère | Dordogne | See Brantôme | |
Pont-du-Prat, Le, com. Valjouffrey | Isère | On the Bonne | 14th century |
Pont-du-Prêtre, Le, com. Valbonnais | Isère | Pons Sacerdoto | 15th century |
Pont-du-Roi, Le, com. Tigery | Seine-et-Oise | No evidence for Middle Ages | Roman |
Pont-du-Sault, between communes of Porcieu-Amblagnieu and Villebois | Isère, Ain | Bridge over the Rhône | 14th century |
Pont-du-Vau, Le, com. Til-Châtel | Côte-d'Or | Molendinum Pontis de Valle | 1203 |
Pont-du-Vers, com. St. Chef | Isère | 15th century | |
Pont-Echanfré | Eure | First name of Notre-Dame-du-Hamel; Pons Herchenfret in the 11th century, but Beata Marie de Hamilla in 1260 | 11th century, 1260 |
Pontécoulant | Calvados | Pons Escoulandi | 11th century |
Pontempeyrat, com. Craponne-sur-Arzon | Haute-Loire | Pons Empeyra | 1311 |
Pont-en-Royans | Isère | 11th century | |
Pont-en-Vertais | Loire-Inférieure | Now inside Nantes | 14th century |
Pont-Érembourg, com. Saint-Denis-de-Méré | Calvados | 1108 | |
Pont-Évêque | Isère | 11th century | |
Pontevin, com. Chatenay-Mâcheron | Haute-Marne | Terra de Pontguayn Pont Vahin |
1219 1240 |
Pont-Eyraud, com. Saint-Aulaye | Dordogne | 1245 | |
Pont-Farcy | Calvados | 1278 | |
Pontfaverger | Marne | Pons Fabricatus | Beginning of 11th century |
Pontfère, com. Laveissière | Cantal | 15th century | |
Pont Flavien, near Saint-Chamas | Bouches-du-Rhône | Roman | |
Pontfol, com. Saint-Michel-de-Lanès | Aude | 1353 | |
Pontfrault, com. Château-Landon | Seine-et-Marne | Pons Feraudi | c. 1090 |
Pontgallet, com. Bazoche-Gouet | Eure-et-Loir | Pons-Galeti | 1215 |
Pont-Gibaut, com. Saint-Christophe-le-Chaudry | Cher | Place name | 1178 |
Pontgibert, com. Saint-Bérain | Haute-Loire | Pons Gilbert | 1343 |
Pont-Gilbert, com. Torcy | Seine-et-Marne | Molendinum de Ponte Gilbert | 1263 |
Pont-Givart, communes Arainville and Pignicourt | Aisne | Aumenancourt-le-Grand and Aumenancourt-le-Petit | 1146 |
Pontgouin | Eure-et-Loir | Pons Godonis | 1099 |
Pont-Gras, Rue du, Louviers | Eure | 1455 | |
Pont-Gros, com. Tullins | Isère | 14th century | |
Pont-Hannois, com. La Croix-en-Brie | Seine-et-Marne | 1270 | |
Ponthaut, com. Allevard | Isère | Nemus Pontis Altis | 14th century |
Ponthaut, communes Saint-Laurent-en-Beaumont and Sousville | Isère | 10th and 13th centuries | |
Pont-Hébert | Eure | Quarter of the fief Meuille | 1411 |
Pont-Hémery, Le, com. Brazey-en-Plaine | Côte-d'Or | Pons Haymerici | 1225 |
Pont-Herbert, com. Saint-Clair | Manche | 1361–1388 | |
Ponthévrard | Seine-et-Oise | Pons Ebrardi | 1162 |
Ponthion | Marne | Pontico Pons Ugone Ponteum |
c. 590 c. 768 1150 |
Pont-Honfroy, com. Rouen | Seine-Maritime | Place name has disappeared | 4th century, c. 1050 |
Ponthouion | Sarthe | 11th century | |
Pont-Hubault, com. Ruaudin | Sarthe | 1270 | |
Pont-Hubert, Le, com. Pont-Sainte-Marie | Aube | 1154 | |
Pontignol, Le, com. Fanjeaux | Aude | Ad Pontilhol Ad Pontem de Insula |
1345 1364 |
Pontignol, Le, com. Fonters-du-Razès | Aude | 1347 | |
Pontignol, Le, com. Laurac | Aude | 1330 | |
Pontignol, Le, com. Narbonne | Aude | 1157 | |
Pontignol, Le, com. Villasavary | Aude | 1139 | |
Pontigny, com. Condé sur le Nied | Moselle | Pont-deniet |
1339 1404 |
Pontigny | Yonne | Before that date a new bridge | Before 1140 |
Pont-Jehan, com. Saint-Lyphard | Loire-Inférieure | 1413 | |
Pont Julien, near Apt | Vaucluse | Extant | Roman |
Pont-l'Abbé, com. Sainte-Mère-Église | Manche | 1369 | |
Pont-Landry, Le, com. Ambrières | Mayenne | 1209 | |
Pont-la-Ville, com. Châteauvillain | Haute-Marne | 1196 | |
Pont-lès-Bonfays | Vosges | 10th century, 1303 | |
Pont-l'Évêque | Calvados | 12th century | |
Pont-l'Évêque | Finistère | 12th century | |
Pontlevoy | Loir-et-Cher | Pons leviatus | 1075 |
Pontlieue, suburb of Le Mans | Sarthe | Bridge on the Huisne Pontileuga Ad pontem Leuge |
616 10th century, 1212 |
Pont-Long, Le, arr. Pau | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1277 | |
Pontloup, com. Moret-sur-Loing | Seine-et-Marne | Old priory of Saint-Pierre, dependent on the abbey of Vézelay Pontloe Pons Luppae |
c. 1150 1285 |
Pontmain, com. Saint-Ellier | Mayenne | De Ponte Monii | 1225 |
Pont-Marès, Le, com. Saint-André-de-Valborgne | Gard | 1437 | |
Pontmarsa, com. Villasavary | Aude | 1332 | |
Pont-Minard, com. Forcey | Haute-Marne | 1174 | |
Pontmoulin, com. Chailly-en-Brie | Seine-et-Marne | Molendinum de Pont Morlen | 1132 |
Pont-Neuf, Le, com. Die | Drôme | Pont Fract, on the Drôme | 13th century |
Pont-Neuf, Le, com. Polignac | Haute-Loire | Le Pont-Nou | 1408 |
Pontoise | Oise, Val-d'Oise | Two ancient bridges called Briva Isarae | Gallo-Roman 10th century, 1227 |
Pontôme, com. Courgains | Sarthe | 1314 | |
Pontorson | Manche | Repairs at that date | 1366 |
Pontoux | Saône-et-Loire | Pons Dubis | Peutinger Table |
Pont-Pastoul | Dordogne | Bridge on the Drôme | 12th century |
Pont-Pérant, com. Saint-Laurent-du-Pont | Isère | Ruined bridge on the Guiers-Mort | 14th century |
Pontpérier, com. Laurac | Aude | 1432–1519 | |
Pont-Perrin, Mill of, com. Évreux | Eure | 1187 | |
Pont-Perrin, Le, com. Payroux | Vienne | On the Clain | 1404 |
Pont-Peyrat | Dordogne | 1403 | |
Pont-Peyrène, com. Roquesvaire | Bouches-du-Rhône | On the Huveaune | 1452 |
Pontpierre, com. Désertines | Mayenne | 1220 | |
Pontpierre | Moselle | To the right of the deutsche Nied | 1332 |
Pont-Pierre, communes Bernay and Courtomer | Seine-et-Marne | On the Yères | c. 1210 |
Pont-Pierre, com. Villeblevin | Yonne | 1290 | |
Pontpoint | Oise | 1199 | |
Pont-Réan | Ille-et-Vilaine | Preserves name of Roman bridge | Roman |
Pont-Renard, com. Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon | Haute-Loire | 12th century | |
Pont-Rigault, com. Les Trois-Moutiers | Vienne | 1416 | |
Pont-Robert, com. Bergerac | Dordogne | 1460 | |
Pont-Roide, com. Meaux | Seine-et-Marne | On the Marne; Farinarium super fluvium Maternam ad Pontem rapidum | 9th century |
Pont-Rouft, Le, com. Aiguesvives | Gard | Ad Pontem-Ruptum, ad Pontem-Fractem | 1299 |
Pont-Rouge, com. Allemond | Isère | Bridge on the Romanche | 14th century |
Pont-Rougier, com. Chomelix | Haute-Loire | On the Arzon; bridge destroyed | 1404 |
Pont-Roumieu, com. Saint-Germain-et-Mons | Dordogne | 1290 | |
Pont-Rousseau, com. Rezé | Loire-Atlantique | 1135 | |
Pont-Roux, com. Rouillac | Charente | 1075–1101 | |
Pont-Royal, com. Chapareillan | Isère | On the Glandon | 14th century |
Ponts, Les Cinq, com. Meuvic | Dordogne | A fief | 1490 |
Ponts, com. Eu | Seine-Maritime | 1181–1189 | |
Pont-Sainte-Maxence | Oise | 779 | |
Pont-Saint-Esprit | Gard | Begun 1265 | |
Pont-Saint-Laurent, com. Saint-Laurent-du-Pont | Isère | Bridge on the Guiers-Mort | 15th century |
Pont-Saint-Manut, com. Douville | Dordogne | 1310 | |
Pont-Saint-Mard | Aisne | 1296 | |
Pont-Saint-Martin, between communes of Saint-Christophe-Entre-Deux-Guiers and Saint-Christophe | Isère, Savoie | Bridge on the Guiers-Vif | 15th century |
Pont-Saint-Martin, communes Saint-Michel-les-Portes and Saint-Martin-de-Clelles | Isère | On the brook Saint Michel | 14th century |
Pont-Saint-Martin | Loire-Atlantique | 1179 | |
Pont-Saint-Ours, Le, com. Coulanges-lès-Nevers | Nièvre | 1251 | |
Pont-Saint-Pierre | Eure | 911–1066 | |
Pont-Saint-Vincent | Meurthe | 1177 | |
Pont-Sanguèze, com. Vallet | Loire-Atlantique | 1454 | |
Pontscorff, com. Cléguer | Morbihan | 1280 | |
Ponts-de-Cé, Les | Maine-et-Loire | Probably there in Caesar's time | Gallo-Roman, also 11th century |
Pont-Séchier, com. Livet-et-Gavet | Isère | On the Romanche | 14th century |
Pont-Ségur, com. Mizoën | Isère | On the Romanche | 15th century |
Pont-sur-Madon | Vosges | 1409 | |
Pont-sur-Meuse | Meuse | 1106 | |
Pont-sur-Seine | Aube | Duodecim Pontes | 574, 864; attested 1153 |
Pont-sur-Vanne | Yonne | 1159 | |
Pont-sur-Yonne | Yonne | 833, 13th century | |
Pont-Taulad, com. Cailhau | Aude | Name of a fief | 1166 |
Pont-Thibout, Le, hamlet of Trancheville | Eure | 1255 | |
Pont-Tranchêtu, communes Fontenay-sur-Eure and Nogent-sur-Eure | Eure-et-Loir | c. 1117 | |
"Pontus", near com. Véronnes | Côte-d'Or | 815 | |
Pontvallain | Sarthe | De ponte Valani | 1098 |
Pontvianne, com. Solignac-sous-Roche | Haute-Loire | 1293 | |
Pontvien, Le, com. Livré | Mayenne | Capellam de Pont-Viviani | 1184 |
Pont-Vieux, com. Entraigues | Isère | Pons Veyl, on the Marsanne | 14th century |
Pontvray, com. Sillery | Marne | Pons Varensis Pont-Veroit |
c. 850 1227 |
Pont-Yblon, hamlet Bonneuil, cant. Gonesse | Seine-et-Oise | 1093 | |
Pont-Ysoir, Le | Sarthe | See Mans, Le | |
Porte-Joie | Eure | Turning bridge | 1198 |
Puy-de-Pont, com. Neuvic | Dordogne | 1203 | |
Radepont | Eure | Rotomagus in Antonine Itinerary but Radipons in 1034 | 1034 |
Régennes, Les, com. Appoigny | Yonne | 1145 | |
Remi | Somme | See Sailly | |
Rennepont | Haute-Marne | Renepons | c. 1172 |
Ribemont | Aisne | Pro pontibus de Ribermont | 1248 |
Riom | Puy-de-Dôme | Pont de Nonette | 1303 |
Ris, Le, com. Varennes-lès-Nevers | Nièvre | 1343 | |
Robertière, La, near Saint-Georges-sur-Eure, arr. Évreux, cant. Nonancourt | Eure | 1346 | |
Rochelle, La | Charente-Maritime | 1202 | |
Rochemaux | Vienne | On the Charente | c. 1080 |
La Roche-Posay | Vienne | On the Creuse | 1175 |
Rochy-Condé | Oise | Pons de Craut prope villam de Conde | 1292 |
Romans, between communes of Romans and Bourg-de-Péage | Drôme | Bridge on the Isère | From mid-11th century |
Romorantin | Loir-et-Cher | 1336 | |
Roque, La, cant. Bagnols | Gard | On the Cèze | 13th century |
Laroquebrou | Cantal | 1281–1282 | |
Roquecourbe | Tarn | On the Agout; Repairs | 1317 |
Rouanne, near Nanteuil-le-Haudouin | Oise | 13th century | |
Rouen | Seine-Maritime | Early 11th century | |
Sablé-sur-Sarthe | Sarthe | 13th century | |
Sailly, between communes of Remi and Sailly | Somme | 1236 | |
Saint-Affrique | Aveyron | On the Sorgues | Before 1368 |
Saint-Antonin | Tarn-et-Garonne | On the Aveyron | 1358 |
Saint-Astier | Dordogne | 1293 | |
Saint-Bertin, near Saint-Omer | Pas-de-Calais | On the Aa | 1177-1187 |
Saint-Cloud | Hauts-de-Seine | 1411 | |
Saint-Denis | Seine-Saint-Denis | Pont Maubert Pont-la-Reyne "De ponte de Trecines" between Saint-Denis and Montque |
1138 1233 Rebuilt not long before 1247 |
Sainte-Menehould | Marne | Pont de Berges Pont de la Villeneuve Pont de Gier |
1287 1287 1287 |
Saintes | Charente-Maritime | Before 1201 | |
Saint-Flour | Cantal | Bridge on the Aude to reach suburb Two other bridges across the Aude to reach mills: Pont de Roueyre Pont-du-Colombier |
Before 1250 13th century Under construction in 1273 |
Saint-Généroux | Deux-Sèvres | Traditionally 13th century | |
Saint-Geniez | Aveyron | 1356 | |
Saint-Geniez, at Martigues | Bouches-du-Rhône | Hospital of the bridge of Saint-Geniez | Before 1211 |
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert | Hérault | Across the Gouffre-Noir of the Hérault | 1031–1048 |
Saint-Jean-d'Angély | Charente-Maritime | A nearby bridge over the Charente was the scene of a fight that year | 1380 |
Saint-Julien, com. Pierry | Marne | 1239 | |
Saint-Laurent-du-Pont | Isère | 14th century | |
Saint-Lô | Manche | In ancient times called Briovera | Gallo-Roman |
Saint-Maixent | Deux-Sèvres | Pont Charraut | 1366 |
Saint-Marceau | Sarthe | 12th century | |
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés | Val-de-Marne | 1205 | |
Saint-Nicolas de Campagnac | Gard | See Campagnac | |
Saint-Omer | Pas-de-Calais | "All the bridges over the river Aa between Saint-Omer and Gravelines." | 1350 |
Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé | Vienne | On the Gartempe | 1485 |
Saint-Pierre-du-Pont Neuf, com. Beaumont-sur-Sarthe | Sarthe | 12th century | |
Saint-Pourçain | Allier | Under construction in that century | 14th century |
Saint-Quentin | Aisne | 1237 | |
Saint-Savin sur Gartempe | Vienne | Possibly 12th or 13th century | |
Saint-Secondin | Vienne | 1329 | |
Saint-Thibaut | Loiret | See Sully-sur-Loire | |
Salbris | Loir-et-Cher | Gallo-Roman | |
Salon | Bouches-du-Rhône | 1374 | |
Salonnes | Moselle | 950 | |
Saturargues | Hérault | Before 1140 | |
Saumur | Maine-et-Loire | Before 1162 | |
Savines | Hautes-Alpes | 14th century | |
Séchilienne | Isère | Ecclesia de S. Martini de Ponte-Roso | 10th century |
Sens | Yonne | Roman, 519, 1145 | |
Sérant | Loiret | Repairs at that time | 1387–1389 |
Serrières | Ardèche | 1251 | |
Seyssel, between communes of Seyssel (Ain) and Seyssel (Haute-Savoie) | Ain, Haute-Savoie | Over the Rhône; a bridge there only from 1300 to c. 1322 | c. 1300 – c. 1322 |
Sommières | Gard | On the Vidourle, repaired in Middle Ages | Roman |
Sône, La, between communes of La Sône and Saint-Just-de-Claix | Isère | 13th century | |
Sorgues | Vaucluse | 1125 | |
Sospel | Alpes-Maritimes | Possibly 11th century | |
Sully-sur-Loire | Loiret | Ancient, 1318 | |
Suze, La, arr. Le Mans | Sarthe | 13th century | |
Taillebourg | Charente-Maritime | "Cum pratis amoenis et ponte optimo." | 1242 |
Tarascon | Bouches-du-Rhône | Bridge to château of counts of Anjou | 1448 |
Tennie | Sarthe | c. 1216 | |
Terrason | Dordogne | 1233 | |
Terride-en-Gimoës, com. Saint-Georges | Gers | 1295–1314 | |
Thouars | Deux-Sèvres | 13th century | |
Thourotte | Oise | 13th century | |
Tocane-Saint-Âpre | Dordogne | Pont de Pardutz | 1150 |
Tonnerre | Yonne | Bridges | 1241 |
Toulouse | Haute-Garonne | Old Bridge attested Pont-de-la-Daurade or New Bridge Pont de Las Clèdes Pont-de-Bazacle Bridges on the Hers: Pont de Pericole and Pont de Velours |
1152 Before 1181 1218 Before 1219 1282 |
Tournon | Ardèche | On the Doux | Begun 1351 |
Tours | Indre-et-Loire | Over the Loire Over the Cher |
1031–1037 1172–1178 |
Treix | Haute-Marne | Rebuilt at that date | 862 |
Trilbardou on the Marne | Haute-Marne | See Treix | |
La Trinité-Victor | Alpes-Maritimes | Ancient abutments of bridge of Moulin d'Ezé | |
Troyes | Aube | Pont-Saint-Marie Pont-de-la-Salle Le Pont-Hubert Pont-en-Bourbereau Pont de Cailles over a canal Le grand pont des Moulins-aux-Monts and le pont Martinot Pont de Sencey Pont de Saint-Parres-les-Tertres and Pont de Fouchy |
Roman, 1136 1157 1154 1374 13th century 1416 1433 1431 |
Tugny-et-Pont | Aisne | 1197 | |
Uzès | Gard | c. 860 | |
Vaas | Sarthe | Repairs at that date | 1382 |
Vabres | Aveyron | On the Dourdou | 1302 or 1277 |
Valence | Drôme | 1214 | |
Varennes-sur-Allier | Allier | 1258 | |
Verdun | Meuse | 6th century | |
Verlhac-Tescou | Tarn-et-Garonne | 1306 | |
Vermenton | Yonne | Over the Cure | 1238 |
Vernay | Deux-Sèvres | See Airvault | |
Vernon | Eure | Before 1223 | |
Vicq-sur-Gartempe | Vienne | 1285 | |
Victot-Pontfol | Calvados | Ponsfolli (=Pontfol), Pons Stulti | 1297 |
Vieille-Brioude | Haute-Loire | On the Allier | 1340 |
Vieillevie | Cantal | 1218 | |
Vienne | Isère | Replacing old bridge | 1251 |
Villefranche-de-Belvès | Dordogne | 1357 | |
Villemanoche | Yonne | 823 | |
Villeneuve-sur-Lot | Lot-et-Garonne | 1282 | |
Villeneuve-sur-Yonne | Yonne | Formerly Villeneuve-le-Roi | 1186 |
Villerets, com. Écouis | Eure | 1260 | |
Vitry-le-François | Marne | Two bridges, one to a castle | 1267 |
Vivonne | Vienne | Legacy for repairs to bridge | 1264 |
Vizille | Isère | Washed out at that date | 1336 |
Warneton | Nord | 1093–1111 | |
Youle | Aveyron | On the Aveyron | 1320 |
See also
References
- ↑ com. = commune; cant. = canton; arr. = arrondissement
Sources
- Marjorie Nice Boyer: Medieval French Bridges. A History, Cambridge: Massachusetts, The Mediaeval Academy of America 1976, ISBN 0-910956-58-8, pp. 171–195
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