department
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Government and military
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in the
Normandy
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region
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of northwestern
France
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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of
Cesny-les-Sources
Cesny-les-Sources () is a commune in the Calvados department in northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Cesny-Bois-Halbout, Acqueville, Angoville, Placy and Tournebu.
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The inhabitants of Acqueville are known as ''Acquevillais'' or ''Acquevillaises''.
Geography
Acqueville is located some 25 km south of
Caen
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Thury-Harcourt. It lies in a flat farming area on the D157 road which runs south from
Cesny-Bois-Halbout
Cesny-Bois-Halbout () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Cesny-les-Sources.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.
Toponymy
''Acqueville'' was called ''Akevilla'' in 1204:
Albert Dauzat
Albert Dauzat (; 4 July 1877 – 31 October 1955) was a French linguist specializing in toponymy and onomastics.
Dauzat, a student of Jules Gilliéron, was a director of studies at the École des hautes études.
Works
* ''L'argot des poilus; di ...
and
Charles Rostaing
Charles Rostaing (9 October 1904 – 24 April 1999) was a French linguist who specialised in toponymy.Obituar ...
, ''Etymological Dictionary of place names in France'', Ed. Larousse, Paris, 1963 the German or Scandinavian
anthroponym
Anthroponymy (also anthroponymics or anthroponomastics, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος ''anthrōpos'' / 'human', and ὄνομα ''onoma'' / 'name') is the study of ''anthroponyms'', the proper names of human beings, both individual and co ...
''Aki'' or ''Aka'', and in Latin a "rural villa".
Administration
List of Successive Mayors of Acqueville
;Mayors from 1939
The council was composed of eleven members, including the mayor and two deputies.
Population
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)
*The Chateau de la Motte (1614 and 1694)
*The Park of the Chateau de la Motte (16th century)
*A Farmhouse at la Cour Fontaine (18th century)
*A Farmhouse (1783)
*A House (18th century)
*Houses and Farms (17th to 19th centuries)
*A Manor House (15th century)
Religious heritage
The commune has two religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
*The Church of Saint-Aubin (13th century)
*A Cemetery Cross at the Church of Saint-Aubin (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
File:Acqueville église Saint Aubin nef.JPG, Church of Saint Aubin Interior
File:Acqueville église Saint Aubin portail sud.JPG, Church of Saint Aubin south entrance
File:Acqueville église Saint Aubin portail ouest.jpg, Church of Saint Aubon west entrance
File:Église Saint-Aubin d'Acqueville chapiteau 03.JPG,
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in the Church of Saint Aubin
File:Église Saint-Aubin d'Acqueville chapiteau 02.JPG,
Capital
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in the Church of Saint Aubin
Bibliography
*Arcisse de Caumont, ''Monumental Statistics of Calvados'', Ed. Hardel, Caen, 1850, Pages 564-567