Hauteville-la-Guichard
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| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Some | |
| Arrondissement | Coutances | |
| Canton | Agon-Coutainville | |
| Community association | Coutances Mer et Bocage | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 8 ′ N , 1 ° 18 ′ W | |
| height | 11-111 m | |
| surface | 11.98 km 2 | |
| Residents | 469 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 39 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 50570 | |
| INSEE code | 50232 | |
Hauteville-la-Guichard is a French municipality with 469 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy . The inhabitants are called Hautevillais (es).
geography
The Lozon and the Venloue flow in the municipality. Hauteville-la-Guichard is 13 kilometers northeast of Coutances and 16 kilometers west of Saint-Lô in the Bocage .
history
Hauteville-la-Guichard is home to the Norman kings of Sicily . The sons of Tancrèdes de Hauteville , who was Seigneur of Hauteville-la-Guichard, moved to southern Italy in the 11th century to found a kingdom there.
Population development
- 1962: 397
- 1968: 463
- 1975: 374
- 1982: 374
- 1990: 358
- 1999: 372
- 2013: 456
Attractions
The Tancrède de Hauteville Museum presents the life of the Hauteville family in Italy and Norman art in Sicily.
Personalities
Robert Guiscard (* around 1015; † around July 17, 1085 at Atheras ) was the first-born son from the second marriage of Tancrède de Hauteville and became Duke of Apulia and Calabria .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hauteville-la-Guichard on annuaire-mairie.fr (French) Retrieved October 4, 2009
- ↑ a b Hauteville la Guichard: Musée Tancrède (French) Retrieved October 4, 2009