Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume

Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume
Commune
The Joasière chateau in Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume
Location of Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume
Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume
Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume
Coordinates: 48°46′54″N 0°22′41″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentOrne
ArrondissementArgentan
CantonAthis-Val de Rouvre
IntercommunalityVal d'Orne
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Pierre Madeline
Area
1
14.87 km2 (5.74 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
334
 • Density22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
61408 /61210
Elevation124–276 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.

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
Historical population of Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume
(Source: INSEE[3])
Year19681975198219901999200720122017
Population373322320327330364353334

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

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Maire de Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume (61)
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. 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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