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Angoville, Calvados

Angoville, Calvados
FieldValue
nameAngoville
imageAngoville Entry.JPG
captionThe road into Angoville
arrondissementCaen
cantonLe Hom
communeCesny-les-Sources
INSEE14013
postal code14220
coordinates
elevation m220
elevation min m173
elevation max m248
area km23.72
population24
population date2022
population footnotes

Angoville () 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.

Geography

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.

History

Toponymy

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), gallicized to Asgot, Ansgot, Angot, and Ango - originally the Norman surname Ango and Angot which are widespread in Seine-Maritime.

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors of Angoville

FromToNamePartyPosition
??Louis-Aimable AuvrayFarmer
??M. Pourdais (Father)
?2001Guy Bourdais
20012014Daniel SimonSEFarmer
20142019Éric SohierSEEditor

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Angovillais or Angovillaises in French.

|1793 |203 |1800 |102 |1806 |212 |1821 |159 |1831 |140 |1836 |138 |1841 |136 |1846 |126 |1851 |110 |1856 |110 |1861 |104 |1866 |98 |1872 |97 |1876 |100 |1881 |97 |1886 |86 |1891 |87 |1896 |80 |1901 |80 |1906 |80 |1911 |71 |1921 |71 |1926 |54 |1931 |50 |1936 |60 |1946 |44 |1954 |53 |1962 |64 |1968 |51 |1975 |45 |1982 |40 |1990 |29 |1999 |30 |2007 |31 |2012 |33 |2022 |24

Economy

The main activities are dairy farming and cropping.

Culture and heritage

A street in Angoville

Civil heritage

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

  • Houses and Farms (18th-19th century)
  • A Farmhouse (1786)
  • The Saint Anne Fountain (1848)
  • The Town Hall (19th century)
  • The Motte de Rouvrou Fortified Site (11th century)

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint Anne

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

  • The Tomb of the Rabâche family (19th century)
  • The Tomb of Jean-François Rabâche (1816)
  • The Tomb of Priest François Bouquet (1813)
  • The Parish Church of Saint-Anne (12th century)

References

References

  1. (December 2024). "Populations de référence 2022". [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques.
  2. [http://www.calvados.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/recueil-14-2018-074-recueil-des-actes-administratifs-special-1.pdf Arrêté préfectoral] {{Webarchive. link. (2020-09-27 24 September 2018, p. 124 {{in lang). fr
  3. [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Angoville,+Calvados,+France/@48.9420239,-0.3703998,5986m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x480a3dc668eaf997:0x40c14484fbcfd60?hl=en Google Maps]
  4. National Scientific Research Centre (France), ''Annals of Normandy'', Volume 52, Nos. 1 to 5, Regional Ethnographic Laboratory, 2002 {{in lang. fr
  5. fr
  6. fr
  7. fr
  8. Annual of the department of la Manche, 12th edition, 1840, p 223
  9. [https://www.habitants.fr/calvados-14 Le nom des habitants du 14 - Calvados], habitants.fr
  10. {{Cassini-Ehess. 859. Angoville
  11. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2123878?geo=COM-14013 Populations légales 2012], INSEE
  12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00000570. IA00000570 Houses and Farms {{in lang. fr
  13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00000569. IA00000569 Farmhouse {{in lang. fr
  14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00000568. IA00000568 Saint Anne Fountain {{in lang. fr
  15. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00000564. IA00000564 Town Hall {{in lang. fr
  16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00000568. IA00000568 ''Motte de Rouvrou'' Fortified Site {{in lang. fr
  17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00000567. IA00000567 Tomb of the Rabâche family {{in lang. fr
  18. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00000566. IA00000566 Tomb of Jean-François Rabâche {{in lang. fr
  19. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00000565. IA00000565 Tomb of Priest François Bouquet {{in lang. fr
  20. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00000562. IA00000562 Parish Church of Saint-Anne {{in lang. fr
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