Guigneville

Guigneville is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.

Origin of the name town

In 1793, the commune was already under the name of Guigneville.

Geography

The commune is in the north of the department, in the Grande Beauce, large cereal area with a soft sloap, which is part of the nine natural region of the Loiret. It is located at 7.9 km from the road of its canton, Pithiviers, (13 min from the road in normal traffic conditions), and at 64 km (53 min) from its departmental préfecture, in Orléans. The departmental roads 22, 23 et 134 cross the territory of the commune.

Heritage

Saint-Hilaire church was built in the 12th century and listed into the historical monuments since the 6th of March 1928. It is holding a copy of a painting from Jean Jouvenet representing the Visitation of the Virgin created by the choral of the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris, dated from the 17th century and classified as an object the 5th of December 1908. This copy was originally created in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire Abbaye.