Escautpont
Encyclopedia
Escautpont is a commune
in the Nord department in northern France
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river). Named in antiquity
Scaldis Pons (same meaning in Latin) because there was, at this place, the only bridge on the Scheldt.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Nord department in northern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Name
Escautpont is the bridge (pont in French) over the Escaut (ScheldtScheldt
The Scheldt is a 350 km long river in northern France, western Belgium and the southwestern part of the Netherlands...
river). Named in antiquity
Classical antiquity
Classical antiquity is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, collectively known as the Greco-Roman world...
Scaldis Pons (same meaning in Latin) because there was, at this place, the only bridge on the Scheldt.