Bois-Guillaume
Bois-Guillaume | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bois-Guillaume  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Bois-Guillaume |
| Intercommunality | CREA |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gilbert Renard |
Area 1 | 8.85 km2 (3.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | 13,370 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76108 /76230 |
| Elevation | 52–171 m (171–561 ft) (avg. 167 m or 548 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bois-Guillaume is a ancient commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
Geography
The town is a wealthy, residential hilltop suburb of Rouen, semi-rural, semi-suburban with a little farming and some light industry. It is considered part of Greater Rouen, being just 3 miles (4.8 km) to the northeast, at the junction of the D43 and the D928 roads.
History
Bois-Guillaume was originally a Gallo-Roman settlement of which few traces remain. In 1040, William the Conqueror's mother built a country house on the hill; the area thus came to be known variously as Boscum Guillelmi or Bosco Willelmi, later becoming Bois-Guillaume.
By 1892, the town was large enough to split into two, thus creating the neighboring commune of Bihorel.
On 1 January 2012, the commune of Bihorel merged with Bois-Guillaume to form the new commune of Bois-Guillaume-Bihorel.
Heraldry
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The arms of Bois-Guillaume are blazoned : Per pale azure and gules, a garb, and in pale 2 lions Or. The line of division is fimbriated Or.
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Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 7253 | 8782 | 9590 | 9323 | 10159 | 11968 | 13370 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | |||||||
Places of interest
- The church of the Trinity, dating from the fifteenth century.
- The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the nineteenth century.
- The Château des Cinq-Bonnets.
- A Carmelite monastery.
Notable people
- François Hollande, politician, born 1954
- Grégory Tafforeau, footballer, born 1976
Twin towns
Uelzen, Germany
Torgiano, Italie
Kegworth, England
Baix Camp, Espagne
Rouko, Burkina Faso- Tikare, Burkina Faso
See also
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