Bois-Guillaume

Bois-Guillaume is a town and commune of the Seine-Maritime "département", in Normandy, France. It is a weathly, primarily residential hilltop suburb of Rouen and is considered part of Greater Rouen ("l'Agglomeration de Rouen"). Its population is an estimated 12,169.

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 town of Bihorel.