Acqueville, Calvados

Acqueville
The lavoir at Acqueville
Acqueville
Location within Normandy region  Acqueville
Coordinates: 48°58′20″N 0°21′56″W / 48.9722°N 0.3656°WCoordinates: 48°58′20″N 0°21′56″W / 48.9722°N 0.3656°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Caen
Canton	Thury-Harcourt
Intercommunality	Suisse Normande
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Isabelle Onraed
Area^1	6.65 km^2 (2.57 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	186
• Density	28/km^2 (72/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	14002 / 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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Acqueville is a French commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of northwestern France.

The inhabitants of Acqueville are known as Acquevillais or Acquevillaises.^[1]

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.^[2]

The Ruiusseau de Bactot flows through the commune from south-west to north-east where it continues to join the Laize north-east of Moulines.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Toponymy

Acqueville was called Akevilla in 1204:^[3] the German^[3] or Scandinavian^[4] anthroponym Aki or Aka, and in Latin a "rural villa".

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Acqueville^[5]

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	2020	Isabelle Onraed

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1939 

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

(Not all data is known)

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

Demographics

In 2010, the commune had 186 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1] [Note 2]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
529	441	502	453	466	440	423	410	379

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
374	368	350	323	331	283	266	246	253

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
249	244	200	189	189	183	176	157	165

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
184	146	144	170	211	178	161	186	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

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)^[6]
• The Chateau de la Motte (1614 and 1694)^[7][8]
• The Park of the Chateau de la Motte (16th century)^[9]
• A Farmhouse at la Cour Fontaine (18th century)^[10]
• A Farmhouse (1783)^[11]
• A House (18th century)^[12]
• Houses and Farms (17th to 19th centuries)^[13]
• A Manor House (15th century)^[14]

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)^[15][16]
• A Cemetery Cross at the Church of Saint-Aubin (18th century)^[17]

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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

• Communes of the Calvados department

External links

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

Notes and references

Notes

1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.
2. In the census table and the graph, by convention in Wikipedia, and to allow a fair comparison between five yearly censuses, the principle has been retained for subsequent legal populations since 1999 displayed in the census table and the graph that shows populations for the years 2006, 2011, 2016, etc., as well as the latest legal population published by INSEE

References

1. Inhabitants of Calvados (French)
2. Google Maps
3. Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, Etymological Dictionary of place names in France, Ed. Larousse, Paris, 1963 (French)
4. 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 (French)
5. List of Mayors of France
6. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000561 Farmhouse at Puant (French)
7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00111005 Chateau de la Motte (French)
8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000554 Chateau de la Motte (French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA14003370 Park of the Chateau de la Motte (French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000560 Farmhouse at la Cour Fontaine (French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000559 Farmhouse (French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000558 House (French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000557 Houses and Farms (French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000556 Manor House (French)
15. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00111006 Church of Saint-Aubin (French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00000553 Church of Saint-Aubin (French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000555 Cemetery Cross (French)