Angoville, Calvados
Angoville | |
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Part of Cesny-les-Sources | |
 The road into Angoville | |
Location of Angoville  | |
  Angoville  Angoville | |
| Coordinates: 48°56′45″N 0°22′39″W / 48.9458°N 0.3775°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Caen |
| Canton | Le Hom |
| Commune | Cesny-les-Sources |
| Area 1 | 3.72 km2 (1.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | 24 |
| • Density | 6.5/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 14220 |
| Elevation | 173–248 m (568–814 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Angoville (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ɡɔvil] ⓘ) 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.[2]
Geography[edit]
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.[3]
Neighbouring communes and villages[3] | |
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History[edit]
Toponymy[edit]
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),[4] gallicized to Asgot, Ansgot, Angot, and Ango - originally the Norman surname Ango[5] and Angot[6] which are widespread in Seine-Maritime.
Administration[edit]
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List of Successive Mayors of Angoville[7]
| From | To | Name | Party | Position |
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| ? | ? | Louis-Aimable Auvray[8] | Farmer | |
| ? | ? | M. Pourdais (Father) | ||
| ? | 2001 | Guy Bourdais | ||
| 2001 | 2014 | Daniel Simon | SE | Farmer |
| 2014 | 2019 | Éric Sohier | SE | Editor |
Demography[edit]
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Angovillais or Angovillaises in French.[9]
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Economy[edit]
The main activities are dairy farming and cropping.
Culture and heritage[edit]
Civil heritage[edit]
The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
- Houses and Farms (18th-19th century)
[12] - A Farmhouse (1786)[13]
- The Saint Anne Fountain (1848)[14]
- The Town Hall (19th century)[15]
- The Motte de Rouvrou Fortified Site (11th century)[16]
Religious heritage[edit]
The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
- The Tomb of the Rabâche family (19th century)[17]
- The Tomb of Jean-François Rabâche (1816)[18]
- The Tomb of Priest François Bouquet (1813)[19]
- The Parish Church of Saint-Anne (12th century)[20]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral Archived 2020-09-27 at the Wayback Machine 24 September 2018, p. 124 (in French)
- ^ a b Google Maps
- ^ National Scientific Research Centre (France), Annals of Normandy, Volume 52, Nos. 1 to 5, Regional Ethnographic Laboratory, 2002 (in French)
- ^ Ango in Géopatronyme website (in French)
- ^ Angot in Géopatronyme website (in French)
- ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ^ Annual of the department of la Manche, 12th edition, 1840, p 223
- ^ Le nom des habitants du 14 - Calvados, habitants.fr
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Angoville, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Populations légales 2012, INSEE
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000570 Houses and Farms (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000569 Farmhouse (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000568 Saint Anne Fountain (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000564 Town Hall (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000568 Motte de Rouvrou Fortified Site (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000567 Tomb of the Rabâche family (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000566 Tomb of Jean-François Rabâche (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000565 Tomb of Priest François Bouquet (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00000562 Parish Church of Saint-Anne (in French)
External links[edit]
- Angoville on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- Angoville on the 1750 Cassini Map
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