Angoville, Calvados
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Angoville ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western 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
Angoville is located some 30 km south of Caen and 10 km east by south-east of Thury-Harcourt. The D6 road from Thury-Harcourt to Ussy forms the northern border of the commune. Access to the commune is by the D241 road from Tréprel in the south which passes through the length of the commune and the village and continues north to join the D6 on the border. The commune is mostly farmland with an area of forest in the south which is part of the large Bois de Saint-Claire.<ref name=Google>Google Maps</ref>
History
Toponymy
Angoville is composed of the old French "ville" (from the Latin "Villae") meaning a rural area or village and a Scandinavian name Asgaut (or Asgautr),<ref>National Scientific Research Centre (France), Annals of Normandy, Volume 52, Nos. 1 to 5, Regional Ethnographic Laboratory, 2002 Template:In lang</ref> gallicized to Asgot, Ansgot, Angot, and Ango - originally the Norman surname Ango<ref>Ango in Géopatronyme website Template:In lang</ref> and Angot<ref>Angot in Géopatronyme website Template:In lang</ref> which are widespread in Seine-Maritime.
Administration
{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B=Template:AmboxTemplate:Main other }} List of Successive Mayors of Angoville<ref>List of Mayors of France Template:In lang</ref>
| From | To | Name | Party | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? | ? | Louis-Aimable Auvray<ref>Annual of the department of la Manche, 12th edition, 1840, p 223</ref> | Farmer | |
| ? | ? | M. Pourdais (Father) | ||
| ? | 2001 | Guy Bourdais | ||
| 2001 | 2014 | Daniel Simon | SE | Farmer |
| 2014 | 2019 | Éric Sohier | SE | Editor |
Demography
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Angovillais or Angovillaises in French.<ref>Le nom des habitants du 14 - Calvados, habitants.fr</ref>
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Economy
The main activities are dairy farming and cropping.
Culture and heritage
Civil heritage
The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
- Houses and Farms (18th-19th century)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
- A Farmhouse (1786)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
- The Saint Anne Fountain (1848)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
- The Town Hall (19th century)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
- The Motte de Rouvrou Fortified Site (11th century)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
Religious heritage
The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
- The Tomb of the Rabâche family (19th century)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
- The Tomb of Jean-François Rabâche (1816)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
- The Tomb of Priest François Bouquet (1813)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>
- The Parish Church of Saint-Anne (12th century)Template:Mérimée Icon<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang</ref>