Acqueville, Calvados
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Acqueville ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) 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.<ref>Arrêté préfectoral Template:Webarchive 24 September 2018, p. 124 Template:In lang</ref>
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.<ref name=Google>Google Maps</ref>
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.<ref name=Google/>
Toponymy
Acqueville was called Akevilla in 1204:<ref name="Dauzat">Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, Etymological Dictionary of place names in France, Ed. Larousse, Paris, 1963 Template:In lang</ref> the German<ref name="Dauzat"/> or Scandinavian<ref>René Lepelley, Etymological Dictionary of commune names in Normandy, Ed. Éditions Charles Corlet, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996, Template:ISBN, Page 45 Template:In lang</ref> anthroponym Aki or Aka, and in Latin a "rural villa".
Administration
List of Successive Mayors of Acqueville<ref>List of Mayors of France</ref>
- Mayors from 1939
| From | To | Name | Party | Position |
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| 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 |
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.<ref>Le nom des habitants du 14 - Calvados, habitants.fr</ref>
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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)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
- The Chateau de la Motte (1614 and 1694)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref><ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In langTemplate:Camera</ref>
- The Park of the Chateau de la Motte (16th century)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
- A Farmhouse at la Cour Fontaine (18th century)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
- A Farmhouse (1783)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
- A House (18th century)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
- Houses and Farms (17th to 19th centuries)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
- A Manor House (15th century)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
Religious heritage
The commune has two religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
- The Church of Saint-Aubin (13th century)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In langTemplate:Camera</ref><ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
- A Cemetery Cross at the Church of Saint-Aubin (18th century)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
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Church of Saint Aubin Interior
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Church of Saint Aubin south entrance
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Church of Saint Aubon west entrance
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Capital in the Church of Saint Aubin
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Capital in the Church of Saint Aubin
Bibliography
- Arcisse de Caumont, Monumental Statistics of Calvados, Ed. Hardel, Caen, 1850, Pages 564-567
See also
External links
- Acqueville on the community of communes website Template:In lang
- Acqueville on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Template:In lang
- Acqueville on the 1750 Cassini Map