Hauteville-la-Guichard

Hauteville-la-Guichard is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France (population: 425 in 2006).

Hauteville-la-Guichard
Commune
The church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
Location of Hauteville-la-Guichard
Hauteville-la-Guichard
Hauteville-la-Guichard
Coordinates: 49°07′38″N 1°18′02″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentManche
ArrondissementCoutances
CantonAgon-Coutainville
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) François Eude
Area
1
11.98 km2 (4.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
469
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
50232 /50570
Elevation11–111 m (36–364 ft)
(avg. 75 m or 246 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is thought to be the original stronghold of the Hauteville family who made their fortunes in southern Italy and Sicily as the Norman kings of Sicily, beginning with the modest Norman seigneur Tancred of Hauteville, who is commemorated by a simple exhibit housed in the former presbytère.

Origins

The Hauteville family is said to descend from Hiallt, a Norseman who is said to have settled in the Cotentin and founded the village of Hialtus Villa (Hauteville, likely Hjalt(i)vik in Norse) in 920, the later family's toponym coming from this town.[2][3] From just which village of Hauteville the family drew its name is hard to identify with certainty, though modern scholarship favours Hauteville-la-Guichard.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Hill, James S. The place-names of Somerset. St. Stephen's printing works, 1914, Princeton University. Page 256
  3. Revue de l'Avranchin et du pays de Granville, Volume 31, Issue 174, Parts 3-4. Société d'archéologie, de littérature, sciences et arts d'Avranches, Mortain, Granville. the University of Michigan.


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