Acqueville, Calvados


Acqueville is a former French commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Cesny-les-Sources.
The inhabitants of Acqueville are known as Acquevillais or Acquevillaises.

Geography

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.
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: the German or Scandinavian anthroponym Aki or Aka, and in Latin a "rural villa".

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Acqueville
;Mayors from 1939
FromToNamePartyPosition
19391942Louis Abavent
19421947Jean Thibault
19471953Lucien Bouin
19531977Jean Thibault
19771995Maurice Thibault
19952014Denise BouinSEBank Employee
201431 december 2018Isabelle Onraed

FromToNamePartyPosition
17971809Gabriel Riviere
18091830Louis de Folleville
18301833Gabriel Riviere
18331844Charles Garnier
18441847Louis de Folleville
18471850Charles Garnier
18501871Louis Lepeltier
18711872François Beaunieux
18721900Pierre Simon
19001913Auguste Thibault
19131919Oriot
19191939Auguste Thibault

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