Hauteville-la-Guichard
|
Hauteville-la-Guichard |
|
 Hauteville-la-Guichard
|
|
|
Location within Lower Normandy region
Hauteville-la-Guichard
|
|
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Lower Normandy |
| Department | Manche |
| Arrondissement | Coutances |
| Canton | Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du canton de Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin |
| Mayor | François Eude (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 11–111 m (36–364 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft) |
| Land area1 | 11.98 km2 (4.63 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 425 (2006) |
| - Density | 35 /km2 (91 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 50232/ 50570 |
| 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. | |
Coordinates: 49°07′38″N 1°18′02″W / 49.1272°N 1.3006°W
Hauteville-la-Guichard is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France (population: 425 in 2006).
It is famous as the original stronghold of the Hauteville family who made their fortunes in southern Italy and Sicily as the Norman kings of Sicily, beginning with the modest Norman seigneur Tancred of Hauteville, who is commemorated by a simple exhibit housed in the former presbytère.
Contents |
Origins [edit]
The Hauteville family is said to descend from Hiallt, a Norseman who is said to have settled in the Cotentin and founded the village of Hialtus Villa (Hauteville) in 920, the later family's toponym coming from this town.[1][2] From just which village of Hauteville the family drew its name is hard to identify with certainty, though modern scholarship favours Hauteville-la-Guichard. Hauteville-la-Guichard s'appellait Hauteville-le-Guichard, et dans Guichard se cache peut-être le prénom typiquement normand Guiscard, ce qui augmente les probabilités que H-le-G soit le vrai nid de la famille de Hauteville.
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Hill, James S. The place-names of Somerset. St. Stephen's printing works, 1914, Princeton University. Page 256
- ^ Revue de l'Avranchin et du pays de Granville, Volume 31, Issue 174, Parts 3-4. Société d'archéologie, de littérature, sciences et arts d'Avranches, Mortain, Granville. the University of Michigan.
External links [edit]
 |
This Manche geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
