Hiéville

Hiéville (French pronunciation: [jevil] ^ⓘ) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Saint-Pierre-en-Auge.^[2]

Hiéville
Part of Saint-Pierre-en-Auge
L'église Saint-Pierre
Location of Hiéville
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Coordinates: 49°01′26″N 0°00′25″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Lisieux
Canton	Livarot-Pays-d'Auge
Commune	Saint-Pierre-en-Auge
Area 1	4.77 km2 (1.84 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	317
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	14170
Elevation	22–74 m (72–243 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	218	—
1968	243	+11.5%
1975	248	+2.1%
1982	265	+6.9%
1990	259	−2.3%
1999	253	−2.3%
2008	293	+15.8%
2019	317	+8.2%

Etymology

French linguist René Lepelley writes that the etymology of Hiéville is similar to that of the commune Hiesville in the Manche department.^[3] Both names probably come from the word 'hedo' (derived from the Ancient Greek word for pleasure) and the Old French word 'ville', which originally referred to a rural estate or territory. Ville itself was derived from the Latin phrase 'villa rustica,' a countryside home.

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 19 December 2016 (in French)
3. Lepelley, René (1996). Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie, Condé-sur-Noireau. Charles Corlet. p. 148. ISBN 2-905461-80-2.