Hauteville-la-Guichard
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The church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
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Location within Normandy region
Hauteville-la-Guichard
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| Coordinates: 49°07′38″N 1°18′02″W / 49.1272°N 1.3006°WCoordinates: 49°07′38″N 1°18′02″W / 49.1272°N 1.3006°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Manche |
| Arrondissement | Coutances |
| Canton | Agon-Coutainville |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | François Eude |
| Area1 | 11.98 km2 (4.63 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 425 |
| • Density | 35/km2 (92/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 50232 /50570 |
| Elevation | 11–111 m (36–364 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Hauteville-la-Guichard is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France (population: 425 in 2006).
It is famous as 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.
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) in 920, the later family's toponym coming from this town. From just which village of Hauteville the family drew its name is hard to identify with certainty, though modern scholarship favours Hauteville-la-Guichard.
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