Acqueville, Calvados

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.[https://www.google.com/maps/place/14220+Acqueville/@48.97112,-0.371441,5872m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x480a3e6da21b61ff:0xa73983c901e936d?hl=en 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.

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Acqueville was called Akevilla in 1204:Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, Etymological Dictionary of place names in France, Ed. Larousse, Paris, 1963 {{in lang|fr}} the German or ScandinavianRené Lepelley, Etymological Dictionary of commune names in Normandy, Ed. Éditions Charles Corlet, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996, {{ISBN|978-2-905461-80-3}}, Page 45 {{in lang|fr}} anthroponym Aki or Aka, and in Latin a "rural villa".

List of Successive Mayors of Acqueville[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=18566 List of Mayors of France]

;Mayors from 1939

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

The inhabitants of Acqueville are known as Acquevillais or Acquevillaises in French.[https://www.habitants.fr/calvados-14 Le nom des habitants du 14 - Calvados], habitants.fr

{{Historical populations

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|1793 |529

|1800 |441

|1806 |502

|1821 |453

|1831 |466

|1836 |440

|1841 |423

|1846 |410

|1851 |379

|1856 |374

|1861 |368

|1866 |350

|1872 |323

|1876 |331

|1881 |283

|1886 |266

|1891 |246

|1896 |253

|1901 |249

|1906 |244

|1911 |200

|1921 |189

|1926 |189

|1931 |183

|1936 |176

|1946 |157

|1954 |165

|1962 |184

|1968 |146

|1975 |144

|1982 |170

|1990 |211

|1999 |178

|2007 |159

|2012 |188

|2022 |219

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File:Acqueville château de la Motte.JPG

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Farmhouse at Puant (1760){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00000561|IA00000561 Farmhouse at Puant}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The Chateau de la Motte (1614 and 1694){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00111005|PA00111005 Chateau de la Motte}} {{in lang|fr}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00000554|IA00000554 Chateau de la Motte}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}
• The Park of the Chateau de la Motte (16th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA14003370|IA14003370 Park of the Chateau de la Motte}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Farmhouse at la Cour Fontaine (18th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00000560|IA00000560 Farmhouse at la Cour Fontaine}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Farmhouse (1783){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00000559|IA00000559 Farmhouse}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A House (18th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00000558|IA00000558 House}} {{in lang|fr}}
• Houses and Farms (17th to 19th centuries){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00000557|IA00000557 Houses and Farms}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Manor House (15th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00000556|IA00000556 Manor House}} {{in lang|fr}}

File:Acqueville église Saint Aubin.JPG

The commune has two religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Church of Saint-Aubin (13th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00111006|PA00111006 Church of Saint-Aubin}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00000553|PA00000553 Church of Saint-Aubin}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Cemetery Cross at the Church of Saint-Aubin (18th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA00000555|IA00000555 Cemetery Cross}} {{in lang|fr}}

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|Capital in the Church of Saint Aubin

File:Église Saint-Aubin d'Acqueville chapiteau 02.JPG|Capital in the Church of Saint Aubin

• Arcisse de Caumont, Monumental Statistics of Calvados, Ed. Hardel, Caen, 1850, Pages 564-567

• Communes of the Calvados department

• [http://www.suisse-normande.com/nos-34-communes/acqueville/ Acqueville on the community of communes website] {{in lang|fr}}
• [http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=-0.3656,48.9722&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Acqueville on Géoportail], National Geographic Institute (IGN) website {{in lang|fr}}
• [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=48.9722&lon=-0.3656&zoom=13 Acqueville on the 1750 Cassini Map]

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Category:Former communes of Calvados (department)

Category:Populated places disestablished in 2019