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Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume is a commune in the Orne
department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in north-western France.


Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Fégrinière, Le Degré,La Thiboudière, La Guilminière, La Joasiére,La Dandière, La Héroudière, L'Être aux Roux,La Basserie, La Boscherie, La Briconnière,La Séramberie, L'Épierrière,L'Être Bisson and Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume. The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande. There are 5 watercourses that run through the commune, The river Rouvre plus 4 streams, Guesnerie, Onfrairies, Vallees and the Maufy.


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.


Demography


Notable buildings and places

*Forest of Sainte-Honorine-La-Guillaume a public forest that is managed by National Forests Office of France. File:Sainte Honorine la Guillaume, La Joasière, 1930, Georges Baudy, restauration a.jpeg, Sainte Honorine la Guillaume, La Joasière, 1930, Georges Baudy, restoration File:Sainte Honorine la Guillaume, La Joasière, 1930, Georges Baudy, restauration b.jpeg, Sainte Honorine la Guillaume, La Joasière, 1930, Georges Baudy, restoration File:Sainte Honorine la Guillaume, La Joasière, 1930, Georges Baudy, restauration c.jpeg, Sainte Honorine la Guillaume, La Joasière, 1930, Georges Baudy, restoration


People linked with the commune

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Petrus Guérin du Rocher Petrus Guérin du Rocher was born in Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume in 1731. He was a priest of the Jesuits. He taught philosophy at Bourges in 1762, before travelling around Italy, Germany and Poland, developing theories of biblical Exegesis, wh ...
(1731–1792), a
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priest, who was beatified by
Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XI ( it, Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in February 1939. He was the first sovereign of Vatican City fro ...
in October 1926. * 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.Miniac, 2008


See also

* Communes of the Orne department


References


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. () {{DEFAULTSORT:Sainte-Honorine-La-Guillaume Saintehonorinelaguillaume Forests of France