Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume
Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume | |
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Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume | |
Location within Normandy region Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume | |
Coordinates: 48°46′54″N 0°22′41″W / 48.7817°N 0.3781°WCoordinates: 48°46′54″N 0°22′41″W / 48.7817°N 0.3781°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Orne |
Arrondissement | Argentan |
Canton | Putanges-Pont-Écrepin |
Intercommunality | Val d'Orne |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Serge Clérembaux |
Area1 | 14.87 km2 (5.74 sq mi) |
Population (2012)2 | 353 |
• Density | 24/km2 (61/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
INSEE/Postal code | 61408 / 61210 |
Elevation |
124–276 m (407–906 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 ft) |
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. |
Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
History
- 1620: Georges Pierre is the vicar of this parish.
- 1622: Jean Le Corsonnois is curate and François Guérin "parish priest".
- 1622: "Mr Guillaume Lesage, squire, gentleman of la Bocherie and of the Rocher de Sainte-Honorine(la Guillaume)". His son is Jacques Lesage.
Administration
Serge Clérembaux has been Mayor since 1971. He is an independent.
Demography
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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Population | 392 | 373 | 322 | 320 | 327 | 330 | 366 | 353 |
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. |
People linked with the commune
Hans-Joachim Klein, a former German terrorist, who belonged to the Vienna commando in December 1975, was arrested at Sainte-Honorine in September 1998 where he had lived for several years. He was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment in Germany in January 2001 for the murder of an Iraqi security agent in 1975. He later benefitted from a pardon and returned to Sainte-Honorine-le-Guillaume.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume sur le site de l'Insee
- ↑ Miniac, 2008
Bibliography
Jean-François Miniac (preface by Alain Lambert), Les Grandes Affaires criminelles de l'Orne, Éditions de Borée, coll. « Les Grandes Affaires criminelles », Paris, 2008, 336 p. (ISBN 978-2-84494-814-4)
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