Bois-Guillaume


Bois-Guillaume is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

The town is a wealthy, residential hilltop suburb of Rouen, semi-rural, semi-suburban with a little farming and some light industry. It is considered part of Greater Rouen, being just to the northeast, at the junction of the D43 and the D928 roads.

History

Bois-Guillaume was originally a Gallo-Roman settlement of which few traces remain. In 1040, William the Conqueror's mother built a country house on the hill; the area thus came to be known variously as Boscum Guillelmi or Bosco Willelmi, later becoming Bois-Guillaume.
By 1892, the town was large enough to split into two, thus creating the neighboring commune of Bihorel.
On 1 January 2012, the communes Bihorel and Bois-Guillaume started to merge into the new commune of Bois-Guillaume-Bihorel, but this was cancelled in January 2014.

Activities

Bois-Guillaume is well known for its tranquility. No bars are open at night time - people used to go out in Rouen . You can have fun in several parks, it's a nice place for young and adults people to relax. Some soccer pitches are also opened for public. During sunny days, young people meet up there to play some random games.

Heraldry

Population

Places of interest

There are different hospitals and clinics in Bois-Guillaume.
The Bois-Guillaume hospital is one of the facilities of the Rouen University Hospital Center.
There are also the Cedar Clinic, St. Anthony Clinic and the French Red Cross, with Bois-Guillaume Hospital and Training Institute.

Sports

In Bois-Guillaume, there are several riding clubs, a football club, a tennis club, volleyball, table tennis, judo, aikibudo and a golf training course.

Notable people