| Acqueville | |
| Arrondissement: | Caen |
| Canton: | Le Hom |
| Commune: | Cesny-les-Sources |
| Insee: | 14002 |
| Postal Code: | 14220 |
| Coordinates: | 48.9722°N -0.3656°W |
| Elevation M: | 150 |
| Elevation Min M: | 126 |
| Elevation Max M: | 211 |
| Area Km2: | 6.65 |
| Population: | 186 |
| Population Date: | 2019 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Acqueville (in French pronounced as /akvil/) is a former 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.[2]
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.[3]
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.[3]
Acqueville was called Akevilla in 1204:[4] the German[4] or Scandinavian[5] anthroponym Aki or Aka, and in Latin a "rural villa".
List of Successive Mayors of Acqueville[6]
| From | To | Name | Party | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 1942 | Louis Abavent | |||
| 1942 | 1947 | Jean Thibault | |||
| 1947 | 1953 | Lucien Bouin | |||
| 1953 | 1977 | Jean Thibault | |||
| 1977 | 1995 | Maurice Thibault | |||
| 1995 | 2014 | Denise Bouin | Bank Employee | ||
| 2014 | 31 December 2018 | Isabelle Onraed |
| From | To | Name | Party | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1797 | 1809 | Gabriel Riviere | |||
| 1809 | 1830 | Louis de Folleville | |||
| 1830 | 1833 | Gabriel Riviere | |||
| 1833 | 1844 | Charles Garnier | |||
| 1844 | 1847 | Louis de Folleville | |||
| 1847 | 1850 | Charles Garnier | |||
| 1850 | 1871 | Louis Lepeltier | |||
| 1871 | 1872 | François Beaunieux | |||
| 1872 | 1900 | Pierre Simon | |||
| 1900 | 1913 | Auguste Thibault | |||
| 1913 | 1919 | Oriot | |||
| 1919 | 1939 | Auguste Thibault |
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.[7]
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: