La Hoguette
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| Coordinates: 48°52′42″N 0°09′32″W / 48.8783°N 0.1589°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Falaise |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Falaise |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Sylvie Grenier[1] |
| Area 1 | 24.44 km2 (9.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 662 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14332 /14700 |
| Elevation | 89–267 m (292–876 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Hoguette (French pronunciation: [la ɔɡɛt] ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Geography
Five rivers run through the commune the Filaine, Gronde, Traine-feuilles, Trainefeuille and Bilaine.
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The Commune has an area of woods known as Saint-André.[4]
Archeology
La Hoguette is also the
Cardial culture
traditions. Important sites of the La-Hoguette culture include Stuttgart-Wilhelma, Dautenheim and Godelau.
The La Hoguette pottery was found under a later
Linearbandkeramic
. La Hoguette marks the westernmost point of the distribution of this culture.
The place name La Hoguette is believed to derive from the Old Norse word Haugr meaning a knoll or a hill.[5]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 464 | — |
| 1975 | 436 | −0.89% |
| 1982 | 485 | +1.53% |
| 1990 | 532 | +1.16% |
| 1999 | 573 | +0.83% |
| 2009 | 678 | +1.70% |
| 2014 | 717 | +1.12% |
| 2020 | 664 | −1.27% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
Places of interest
Abbaye de Saint-André-de-Gouffern is the remains of a 12th century Abbey built in 1127 and is classed as a Monument historique[7]
Personalities
La Hoguette was the birthplace of Georges Marchais (1920–1997), head of the French Communist Party.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "La Hoguette · 14700, France". La Hoguette · 14700, France.
- ^ "Bois de Saint-André forest(s), Basse-Normandie, France". fr.geoview.info.
- ^ Twelve essential old Scandinavian words (old Norse) in placenames of Normandy (R. Lepelley. Caen University Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Abbaye de Saint-André-de-Gouffern". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.
- ^ "Obituary: Georges Marchais". The Independent. 17 November 1997.
External links
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- La Hoguette La Hoguette (M.O. Baldwin)
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