The Canton of Bois-Guillaume is a canton situated in the Seine-Maritime

Seine-Maritime

Seine-Maritime is a French department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre...

 département and in the Haute-Normandie

Haute-Normandie

Upper Normandy is one of the 27 regions of France. It was created in 1984 from two départements: Seine-Maritime and Eure, when Normandy was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy. This division continues to provoke controversy, and some continue to call for reuniting the two regions...

 region of northern France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

.

Geography

An area of farming and light industry

Light industry

Light industry is usually less capital intensive than heavy industry, and is more consumer-oriented than business-oriented...

 in the arrondissement of Rouen

Arrondissement of Rouen

The Arrondissement of Rouen is one of 342 arrondissements of France, located in the Seine-Maritime département, in the Haute-Normandie région...

, centred on the town of Bois-Guillaume

Bois-Guillaume

Bois-Guillaume is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie 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...

. The altitude varies from 52m (Bois-Guillaume

Bois-Guillaume

Bois-Guillaume is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie 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...

) to 172m (Isneauville

Isneauville

-Places of interest:* The church of St. Germain, dating from the thirteenth century.* An ancient dovecote.* The sixteenth century Château des Cinq Bonnets.-External links:* *...

) with an average altitude of 138m.

Composition

The Canton of Bois-Guillaume comprises 3 communes and a total of 23,349 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).
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| Bihorel

Bihorel

-Population:-Places of interest:* The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the nineteenth century.* A seventeenth century manor house.-Notable people:* Jules Michelet historian, stayed here many times....

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| Bois-Guillaume

Bois-Guillaume

Bois-Guillaume is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie 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...

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| Isneauville

Isneauville

-Places of interest:* The church of St. Germain, dating from the thirteenth century.* An ancient dovecote.* The sixteenth century Château des Cinq Bonnets.-External links:* *...

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See also

• Seine-Maritime
  Seine-Maritime
  Seine-Maritime is a French department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre...
  
  
• Arrondissements of the Seine-Maritime department
• Cantons of the Seine-Maritime department
• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department