Acqueville (Calvados)
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local community | Cesny-les-Sources | |
region | Normandy | |
Department | Calvados | |
Arrondissement | Caen | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 58 ′ N , 0 ° 22 ′ W | |
Post Code | 14220 | |
Former INSEE code | 14002 | |
Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
status | Commune déléguée | |
Saint-Aubin church |
Acqueville is a village and a former French commune of 189 (as at 1st January 2017) in the department of Calvados in the region of Normandy . It belonged to the arrondissement of Caen and the canton of Thury-Harcourt . The inhabitants are known as Acquevillais .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Cesny-Bois-Halbout , Acqueville , Angoville , Placy and Tournebu were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Cesny-les-Sources and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Cesny-Bois-Halbout.
geography
Acqueville is located in the northeast of Norman Switzerland , around ten kilometers south of Bretteville-sur-Laize , eleven kilometers east of Thury-Harcourt and 17 kilometers west of Falaise . Acqueville is surrounded to the north and north-east by Moulines , to the east by Tournebu , to the south-east by Martainville , to the south by Angoville , to the south-west and west by Meslay and by Cesny-Bois-Halbout to the west, north-west and partly to the north.
Population development
year | 1793 | 1836 | 1876 | 1926 | 1946 | 1968 | 1990 | 2008 | 2016 |
Residents | 529 | 440 | 331 | 189 | 157 | 146 | 211 | 168 | 190 |
Source: Cassini, EHESS and INSEE |
Attractions
- Large country house "Château de la Motte" from the 17th century, a historic monument since 1997
- 11th century Romanesque church of Saint-Aubin, monument historique since 1933
- Castle from the 15th century
- Lavoir
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Decree of the Prefecture No. 14-2018-03-24-002 on the formation of the Commune nouvelle Cesny-les-Sources of September 24, 2018.
- ^ Acqueville - Cassini
- ↑ Acqueville - INSEE
- ↑ Château de la Motte in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Saint-Aubin Church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)