Pons, Charente-Maritime

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{{Expand French|topic=geo|date=December 2008|Pons (Charente-Maritime)}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Pons

|commune status = Commune

|image = Château de Pons4.JPG

|caption = The Castle

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Pons 1 (Charente-Maritime).svg

|arrondissement = Jonzac

|canton = Pons

|INSEE = 17283

|postal code = 17800

|mayor = Jacky Botton{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality =

|coordinates = {{coord|45.5811|-0.5469|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation min m = 8

|elevation max m = 63

|area km2 = 27.63

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

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Pons ({{IPA|fr|pɔ̃}}{{Citation|title="Tous les chemins mènent à vous" à Pons en Charente-Maritime|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiPg7gfcj8w&t=25s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/ZiPg7gfcj8w |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|accessdate=2021-07-16}}{{cbignore}}{{Citation|title=Souvenirs en Charente-Maritime : la ville de Pons reconstitue les embouteillages de la nationale 137|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFmMg8wnOs8&t=27s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/XFmMg8wnOs8 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|accessdate=2021-07-16}}{{cbignore}}{{Citation|title=Charente-Maritime : démissions au conseil municipal de Pons|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRdhmMKK69A&t=1s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/FRdhmMKK69A |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|accessdate=2021-07-16}}{{cbignore}}) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. The city is known for its numerous national historic monuments dating from the 12th century onward.{{Cite journal|last=Joy|first=Diane|date=2005|title=Charente-Maritime. Pons, inventaire du patrimoine médiéval de la ville|journal=Bulletin Monumental|volume=163|issue=4|pages=375–378|doi=10.3406/bulmo.2005.1580}} One of the most well known is the 33 m Keep of Pons, which is the official symbol of the city.