Acqueville () 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.Arrêté préfectoral 24 September 2018, p. 124
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.Google Maps
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.
Toponymy Acqueville was called Akevilla in 1204:Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, Etymological Dictionary of place names in France, Ed. Larousse, Paris, 1963 the German or ScandinavianRené Lepelley, Etymological Dictionary of commune names in Normandy, Ed. Éditions Charles Corlet, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996, , Page 45 anthroponym Aki or Aka, and in Latin a "rural villa".
Administration List of Successive Mayors of AcquevilleList of Mayors of France
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
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.Le nom des habitants du 14 - Calvados, habitants.fr
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)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Chateau de la Motte (1614 and 1694)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Park of the Chateau de la Motte (16th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at la Cour Fontaine (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse (1783)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A House (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Houses and Farms (17th to 19th centuries)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Manor House (15th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
Religious heritage
The commune has two religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments: The Church of Saint-Aubin (13th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Cemetery Cross at the Church of Saint-Aubin (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
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 Acqueville on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Acqueville on the 1750 Cassini Map
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