Acqueville, Calvados

Acqueville
Acqueville
Part of Cesny-les-Sources
	The lavoir at Acqueville
	Location of Acqueville
	Acqueville Acqueville
	Coordinates: 48°58′20″N 0°21′56″W / 48.9722°N 0.3656°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Le Hom
Commune	Cesny-les-Sources
Area 1	6.65 km2 (2.57 sq mi)
Population (2019)	186
• Density	28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	14220
Elevation	126–211 m (413–692 ft) ; (avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Acqueville (French pronunciation: [akvil] ^ⓘ) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Cesny-les-Sources.^[2]

Geography

Acqueville is located some 25 km south of Caen and 10 km east of Thury-Harcourt. It lies in a flat farming area on the D157 road which runs south from Cesny-Bois-Halbout through the centre of Acqueville south to join the D6 which forms the southern border of the commune. The north-western border of Acqueville is formed by Highway D23 while the north-eastern border is Highway D156. In the east and west the border is formed by several country roads. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of L'Outre in the west, Puant in the east, and Le Buisson in the south-west.^[3]

The Ruisseau de Bactot flows through the commune from south-west to north-east where it continues to join the Laize north-east of Moulines.^[3]

Toponymy

Acqueville was called Akevilla in 1204:^[4] the German^[4] or Scandinavian^[5] anthroponym Aki or Aka, and in Latin a "rural villa".

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Acqueville^[6]

Mayors from 1939

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1939	1942	Louis Abavent
1942	1947	Jean Thibault
1947	1953	Lucien Bouin
1953	1977	Jean Thibault
1977	1995	Maurice Thibault
1995	2014	Denise Bouin	SE	Bank Employee
2014	31 December 2018	Isabelle Onraed

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1939

From	To	Name
1797	1809	Gabriel Riviere
1809	1830	Louis de Folleville
1830	1833	Gabriel Riviere
1833	1844	Charles Garnier
1844	1847	Louis de Folleville
1847	1850	Charles Garnier
1850	1871	Louis Lepeltier
1871	1872	François Beaunieux
1872	1900	Pierre Simon
1900	1913	Auguste Thibault
1913	1919	Oriot
1919	1939	Auguste Thibault

The council was composed of eleven members, including the mayor and two deputies.

Population

The inhabitants of Acqueville are known as Acquevillais or Acquevillaises in French.^[7]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	529	—
1800	441	−2.57%
1806	502	+2.18%
1821	453	−0.68%
1831	466	+0.28%
1836	440	−1.14%
1841	423	−0.78%
1846	410	−0.62%
1851	379	−1.56%
1856	374	−0.27%
1861	368	−0.32%
1866	350	−1.00%
1872	323	−1.33%
1876	331	+0.61%
1881	283	−3.08%
1886	266	−1.23%
1891	246	−1.55%
1896	253	+0.56%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	249	−0.32%
1906	244	−0.40%
1911	200	−3.90%
1921	189	−0.56%
1926	189	+0.00%
1931	183	−0.64%
1936	176	−0.78%
1946	157	−1.14%
1954	165	+0.62%
1962	184	+1.37%
1968	146	−3.78%
1975	144	−0.20%
1982	170	+2.40%
1990	211	+2.74%
1999	178	−1.87%
2007	159	−1.40%
2012	188	+3.41%
2019	186	−0.15%

Source: EHESS^[8] and INSEE^[9]^[1]

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

A Farmhouse at Puant (1760)^[10]
The Chateau de la Motte (1614 and 1694)^[11]^[12]
The Park of the Chateau de la Motte (16th century)^[13]
A Farmhouse at la Cour Fontaine (18th century)^[14]
A Farmhouse (1783)^[15]
A House (18th century)^[16]
Houses and Farms (17th to 19th centuries)^[17]
A Manor House (15th century)^[18]

Religious heritage

The commune has two religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

The Church of Saint-Aubin (13th century)^[19]^[20]
A Cemetery Cross at the Church of Saint-Aubin (18th century)^[21]

Church of Saint Aubin Interior
Church of Saint Aubin south entrance
Church of Saint Aubon west entrance
Capital in the Church of Saint Aubin
Capital in the Church of Saint Aubin

Bibliography

Arcisse de Caumont, Monumental Statistics of Calvados, Ed. Hardel, Caen, 1850, Pages 564-567

Notes and references

Notes

References

^ ^a ^b Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ Arrêté préfectoral Archived 2020-09-27 at the Wayback Machine 24 September 2018, p. 124 (in French)
^ ^a ^b ^c Google Maps
^ ^a ^b Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, Etymological Dictionary of place names in France, Ed. Larousse, Paris, 1963 (in French)
^ René Lepelley, Etymological Dictionary of commune names in Normandy, Ed. Éditions Charles Corlet, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996, ISBN 978-2-905461-80-3, Page 45 (in French)
^ List of Mayors of France
^ Le nom des habitants du 14 - Calvados, habitants.fr
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Acqueville, EHESS (in French).
^ Populations légales 2012, INSEE
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000561 Farmhouse at Puant (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00111005 Chateau de la Motte (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000554 Chateau de la Motte (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA14003370 Park of the Chateau de la Motte (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000560 Farmhouse at la Cour Fontaine (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000559 Farmhouse (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000558 House (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000557 Houses and Farms (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000556 Manor House (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00111006 Church of Saint-Aubin (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00000553 Church of Saint-Aubin (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000555 Cemetery Cross (in French)

[pop2019-1] Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE

[2] Arrêté préfectoral Archived 2020-09-27 at the Wayback Machine 24 September 2018, p. 124 (in French)

[Google-3] Google Maps

[Dauzat-4] Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, Etymological Dictionary of place names in France, Ed. Larousse, Paris, 1963 (in French)

[5] René Lepelley, Etymological Dictionary of commune names in Normandy, Ed. Éditions Charles Corlet, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996, ISBN 978-2-905461-80-3, Page 45 (in French)

[6] List of Mayors of France

[7] Le nom des habitants du 14 - Calvados, habitants.fr

[ehess-8] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Acqueville, EHESS (in French).

[pophist-9] Populations légales 2012, INSEE

[10] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000561 Farmhouse at Puant (in French)

[11] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00111005 Chateau de la Motte (in French)

[12] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000554 Chateau de la Motte (in French)

[13] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA14003370 Park of the Chateau de la Motte (in French)

[14] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000560 Farmhouse at la Cour Fontaine (in French)

[15] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000559 Farmhouse (in French)

[16] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000558 House (in French)

[17] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000557 Houses and Farms (in French)

[18] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000556 Manor House (in French)

[19] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00111006 Church of Saint-Aubin (in French)

[20] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00000553 Church of Saint-Aubin (in French)

[21] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000555 Cemetery Cross (in French)

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