Guigneville

Guigneville
Commune
An old postcard view of Guigneville
Location of Guigneville
Guigneville Guigneville
Coordinates: 48°12′25″N 2°10′41″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loiret
Arrondissement	Pithiviers
Canton	Pithiviers
Intercommunality	Pithiverais
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Claude Bouvard
Area 1	32.01 km2 (12.36 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	528
• Density	16/km2 (43/sq mi)
Demonym	Guignevillois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	45162 /45300
Elevation	117–141 m (384–463 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Guigneville is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.

Origin of the name town

In 1793, the commune was already under the name of Guigneville.

Geography

The commune is in the north of the department, in the Grande Beauce, large cereal area with a gentle slope, which is part of the nine natural region of the Loiret. It is located at 7.9 km from the road of its canton, Pithiviers, (13 min from the road in normal traffic conditions), and at 64 km (53 min) from its departmental préfecture, in Orléans. The departmental roads 22, 23 et 134 cross the territory of the commune.

Heritage

Saint-Hilaire church was built in the 12th century and listed into the historical monuments since 6 March 1928. It is holding a copy of a painting from Jean Jouvenet representing the Visitation of the Virgin created by the choral of the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris, dated from the 17th century and classified as an object 5 December 1908. This copy was originally created in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire Abbaye.

See also

• Communes of the Loiret department