Angoville () 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.Arrêté préfectoral 24 September 2018, p. 124
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.Google Maps
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),National Scientific Research Centre (France), Annals of Normandy, Volume 52, Nos. 1 to 5, Regional Ethnographic Laboratory, 2002 gallicized to Asgot, Ansgot, Angot, and Ango - originally the Norman surname AngoAngo in Géopatronyme website and AngotAngot in Géopatronyme website which are widespread in Seine-Maritime.
Administration
List of Successive Mayors of AngovilleList of Mayors of France
From To Name Party Position ? ? Louis-Aimable AuvrayAnnual of the department of la Manche, 12th edition, 1840, p 223 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.Le nom des habitants du 14 - Calvados, habitants.fr
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)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse (1786)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Saint Anne Fountain (1848)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Town Hall (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Motte de Rouvrou Fortified Site (11th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
Religious heritage
The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments: The Tomb of the Rabâche family (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Tomb of Jean-François Rabâche (1816)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Tomb of Priest François Bouquet (1813)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Parish Church of Saint-Anne (12th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
See also Communes of the Calvados department
References
External links Angoville on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Angoville on the 1750 Cassini Map