Bois-Guilbert

Bois-Guilbert
Commune
The chateau of Bois-Guilbert
Bois-Guilbert Bois-Guilbert
Coordinates: 49°32′52″N 1°24′58″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Le Mesnil-Esnard
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bruno Boucher
Area 1	8.13 km2 (3.14 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76107 /76750
Elevation	115–226 m (377–741 ft) (avg. 190 m or 620 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bois-Guilbert (French pronunciation: ​[bwa ɡilbɛʁ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

Geography

A small farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some 19 miles (31 km) northeast of Rouen, at the junction of the D41 and the D261 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	215	—
1975	187	−1.97%
1982	166	−1.69%
1990	172	+0.44%
1999	185	+0.81%
2007	227	+2.59%
2012	289	+4.95%
2017	315	+1.74%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• The church of St.Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.
• Two châteaux.

People linked with the commune

• Pierre de Boisguilbert (1645–1714), an economist.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department