Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume explained

Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Argentan
Canton:	Athis-Val de Rouvre
Insee:	61408
Postal Code:	61210
Mayor:	Pierre Madeline^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Val d'Orne
Coordinates:	48.7817°N -0.3781°W
Elevation M:	200
Elevation Min M:	124
Elevation Max M:	276
Area Km2:	14.87

Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.^[2]

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.^[3]

The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.^[4]

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.^[1]

Notable buildings and places

• Forest of Sainte-Honorine-La-Guillaume a public forest that is managed by National Forests Office of France.

People linked with the commune

• Petrus Guérin du Rocher (1731–1792), a Jesuit priest, who was beatified by Pope Pius XI in October 1926.^[5]
• Hans-Joachim Klein, (1947 - 2022) 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.^[6] After his death he was buried here.^[7]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
2. Web site: Commune de Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume (61408). Insee.
3. Web site: Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume · 61210, France. Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume · 61210, France.
4. Web site: Map of Suisse Normande.
5. Web site: Blessed Peter Guérin du Rocher | The Society of Jesus. www.jesuits.global.
6. Miniac, 2008
7. Web site: 61 - PATRIMOINE FUNERAIRE DE L'ORNE : Etat des lieux - Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs. www.landrucimetieres.fr.