Simplify the following text for a Grade 4 native English-speaking person.
Original: The commune of Pont-d ` Ouilly was created on August 23 , 1947 , from the merger of the two former communes of Saint-Marc-d ` Ouilly and Ouilly-le-Basset ( old INSEE code 14690 ) .
Simplified: Pont-d ` Ouilly is a commune .