Pont-d'Ouilly (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ duji] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

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Pont-d'Ouilly
Commune
The River Olme in Pont-d'Ouilly
Coat of arms
Location of Pont-d'Ouilly
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Coordinates: 48°52′27″N 0°24′27″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Falaise
Intercommunality	Pays de Falaise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Maryvonne Guibout[1]
Area 1	19.50 km2 (7.53 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	980
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14764 /14691
Elevation	42–251 m (138–823 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.^[3]

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Martelée, Le Rocray, Les Hogues, La Potiche, La Guérardière, Le Hameau Hue, Le Haut d'Ouilly, Les Îles d'Ouilly, Le Val Aubert and Pont-d'Ouilly.^[4]

The Rivers Orne & Noireau plus six streams, The Orival, The Val Corbel, La Boullonniere, The Val la Here, La Mare des Bois and La Mesliere flow through the commune.^[5]

Pont-d'Ouilly is home to the famous Haras d'Ouilly, a Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding business currently owned by the Aga Khan IV.

The commune of Pont-d'Ouilly was created on 23 August 1947 from the merger of the two former communes of Saint-Marc-d'Ouilly and Ouilly-le-Basset (old INSEE code 14690) Pont-d'Ouilly - Histoire - Communes.

• Haras d'Ouilly, is a famous Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding business currently owned by the Aga Khan IV.^[6]

• Jean-Luc Lagardère - (1928 – 2003) a major French businessman and CEO of the Lagardère Group is buried here.^[7]

Pont-d'Ouilly is twinned with:^[8][9]

• Chipping Campden, England
• Hafenlohr, Germany

• Communes of the Calvados department
• Maurice Le Scouëzec