Hauteville-la-Guichard
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Hauteville-la-Guichard | |
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 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 / 49.1272°N 1.3006°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Manche |
| Arrondissement | Coutances |
| Canton | Agon-Coutainville |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2025–2026) | Jean-Louis Lesaulnier[1] |
Area 1 | 11.98 km2 (4.63 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 452 |
| • Density | 38/km2 (98/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 50232 /50570 |
| Elevation | 11–111 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. | |
Hauteville-la-Guichard (French pronunciation: [otvil la ɡiʃaʁ]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. Its population is about 450 (2022).
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.
From just which village of Hauteville the family drew its name is hard to identify with certainty, though modern scholarship favours Hauteville-la-Guichard.
