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La Hoguette (French pronunciation: [la ɔɡɛt] ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
La Hoguette
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Town hall
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Coat of arms | |
Location of La Hoguette  | |
  La Hoguette Show map of France  La Hoguette Show map of Normandy | |
| Coordinates: 48°52′42″N 0°09′32″W / 48.8783°N 0.1589°W / 48.8783; -0.1589 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Falaise |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Falaise |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Sylvie Grenier[1] |
| Area
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| 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
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| 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. | |
Five rivers run through the commune the Filaine, Gronde, Traine-feuilles, Trainefeuille and Bilaine.
The Commune has an area of woods known as Saint-André.[4]
La Hoguette is also the type site of the early Neolithic La Hoguette culture that is found mainly in association with Linear pottery (Linearbandkeramic) or Limburg pottery in Northern France, The Netherlands, Alsace and Western Germany. It is believed to ultimately derive from the Mediterranean 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 megalithic tomb and first misidentified as 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]
| 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] | ||
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]
La Hoguette was the birthplace of Georges Marchais (1920–1997), head of the French Communist Party.[8]
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