Escoville is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Calvados
Calvados (, , ) is a brandy from Normandy in France, made from apples or pears, or from apples with pears.
History In France
Apple orchards and brewers are mentioned as far back as the 8th century by Charlemagne. The first known record of Nor ...
department in the
Normandy
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region
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in northwestern
France
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, with a population of 803 people as of 2017.
Population
Geography
Escoville is located 5 kilometers north of Troarn, 11 kilometers northeast of
Caen, 14 kilometers south of Cabourg, and 35 kilometers from Deauville. Escoville is part of the urban area of
Caen.
Typonymy
The name of the locality is attested under the name ''Escoldivilla'' in 1109, ''Ecovilla'' in 1128, and ''Escoville'' in 1208.
Albert Dauzat and his successor,
Ernest Nègre, consider that the first unit ''Escold-'' represents the
Germanic personal name ''Ascald(us)'',
[NPAG, I, 42b.] also written as ''Ascolt''.
Note: the evolution ''As- > Es-'' is not certified in the old forms. Perhaps there should be a recourse to an Anglo-Scandinavian anthroponym ''Skoldr/Skoldi''? The prefix ''-esc'' results more often from the regular evolution of ''sk-''. A similar processus is found, for example, in the word ''école'', the French word for “school” (Old French ''escole'' < Latin ''scola'').
The name ''(E)scoville'' has evolved into the
English
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* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
last names ''Scoville, Scovill, Scoffield, Schofield, and Scourfield''.
See also
*
Communes of the Calvados department
References
External links
Official site
Communes of Calvados (department)
Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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