Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume
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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 | Athis-Val de Rouvre |
Intercommunality | Val d'Orne |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Pierre Madeline |
Area 1 | 14.87 km2 (5.74 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 333 |
• Density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
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. |
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 was mayor between 1971 and 2020. Pierre Madeline was elected mayor in 2020.[2]
Demography[]
Year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2012 | 2017 |
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Population | 373 | 322 | 320 | 327 | 330 | 364 | 353 | 334 |
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.[4]
See also[]
- Communes of the Orne department
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Maire de Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume (61)
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, 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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