Acqueville, Calvados

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]

Acqueville
Part of Cesny-les-Sources
The lavoir at Acqueville
Location of Acqueville
Acqueville Show map of France Acqueville Show map of Normandy
Coordinates: 48°58′20″N 0°21′56″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)[1]	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.

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

From	To	Name	Party	Position
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

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1939

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

Chateau de la Motte

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

Church of Saint Aubin

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

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

External links

• Acqueville on the community of communes website (in French)
• Acqueville on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Acqueville on the 1750 Cassini Map

Notes and references

Notes

References

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)
3. Google Maps
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
8. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Acqueville, EHESS (in French).
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)