| Official Name: | Pont-Sondé |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Haiti |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Haiti |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Haiti |
| Subdivision Type1: | Department |
| Subdivision Name1: | Artibonite |
| Subdivision Type2: | Arrondissement |
| Subdivision Name2: | Saint-Marc |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 10,000 |
| Coordinates: | 19.1493°N -72.6147°W |
Pont-Sondé (pronounced as /fr/, ht|Ponsonde) is a town in the communal section of Bocozelle in the Saint-Marc commune, in the Artibonite department of Haiti.[1] [2]
Located within the Saint-Marc Arrondissement, Pont-Sondé is located at an important crossroads on the road linking the capital Port-au-Prince to the second largest city of Cap-Haïtien on the northern coast.[3]
When the Haitian national highway was constructed in 1880, a bridge spanning across the Artibonite River was built. The settlement of Pont-Sondé then developed around this bridge.[3]
Pont-Sonde had about ten thousand inhabitants before the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Since then, the village has hosted a large influx of refugees.
In September 2024, during the Gang war in Haiti, personnel from the Anti-Gang Tactical Unit and the Departmental Operations and Intervention Brigade were deployed to Pont-Sondé.[4] Despite this, the town was attacked by the Grand Grif gang on 3 October 2024, leaving at least 115 people dead.[5]
Pont-Sondé is the leading producer of rice in Haiti. There is an important market which is held along the road and on the bridge over the Artibonite.[3]