Bois-Guillaume

Bois-Guillaume
Bois-Guillaume
Location within Upper Normandy region  Bois-Guillaume
Administration
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Bois-Guillaume
Intercommunality	CREA
Mayor	Gilbert Renard
Statistics
Elevation	52–171 m (171–561 ft) (avg. 167 m or 548 ft)
Land area1	8.85 km2 (3.42 sq mi)
Population2	13,370  (2006)
- Density	1,511 /km2 (3,910 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76108/ 76230
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bois-Guillaume is a 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.

Heraldry

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: population without 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

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official town website (French)
• Bois-Guillaume on the Quid website (French)