Bois-Guillaume

Bois-Guillaume
Bois-Guillaume
Commune
	A general view of Bois-Guillaume
	Coat of arms
	Location of Bois-Guillaume
	Bois-Guillaume Bois-Guillaume
	Coordinates: 49°27′41″N 1°06′33″E / 49.4614°N 1.1092°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Bois-Guillaume
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
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 commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 2012, January 1, it was said to become part of the new commune of Bois-Guillaume-Bihorel but the merger of the two communes has been cancelled in January 2014.

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 communes Bihorel and Bois-Guillaume started to merge into the new commune of Bois-Guillaume-Bihorel, but this was cancelled in January 2014.

Activities

Bois-Guillaume is well known for its tranquility. No bars are open at night time - people used to go out in Rouen ^[1] (city center). You can have fun in several parks, it's a nice place for young and adults people to relax. Some soccer pitches are also opened for public (and for free). During sunny days, young people meet up there to play some random games.

Heraldry

Arms of Bois-Guillaume	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.

Population

Historical population of Bois-Guillaume
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
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.

Health

There are different hospitals and clinics in Bois-Guillaume.

The Bois-Guillaume hospital is one of the facilities of the Rouen University Hospital Center.

There are also the Cedar Clinic, St. Anthony Clinic and the French Red Cross, with Bois-Guillaume Hospital and Training Institute.

Sports

In Bois-Guillaume, there are several riding clubs, a football club, a tennis club, volleyball, table tennis, judo, aikibudo and a golf training course.