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Angoville
The road into Angoville
The road into Angoville
Angoville is located in France
Angoville
Angoville
Location in France
Angoville is located in Normandy
Angoville
Angoville
Location in Normandy
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)
24
 • Density 6.45/km2 (16.7/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.

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

Angoville Mairie
The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors of Angoville

From To Name Party Position
 ?  ? Louis-Aimable Auvray Farmer
 ?  ? M. Pourdais (Father)
 ? 2001 Guy Bourdais
2001 2014 Daniel Simon SE Farmer
2014 2019 Éric Sohier SE Editor

Demography

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

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1793 203 —    
1800 102 −9.36%
1806 212 +12.97%
1821 159 −1.90%
1831 140 −1.26%
1836 138 −0.29%
1841 136 −0.29%
1846 126 −1.52%
1851 110 −2.68%
1856 110 +0.00%
1861 104 −1.12%
1866 98 −1.18%
1872 97 −0.17%
1876 100 +0.76%
1881 97 −0.61%
1886 86 −2.38%
1891 87 +0.23%
1896 80 −1.66%
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1901 80 +0.00%
1906 80 +0.00%
1911 71 −2.36%
1921 71 +0.00%
1926 54 −5.33%
1931 50 −1.53%
1936 60 +3.71%
1946 44 −3.05%
1954 53 +2.35%
1962 64 +2.39%
1968 51 −3.71%
1975 45 −1.77%
1982 40 −1.67%
1990 29 −3.94%
1999 30 +0.38%
2007 31 +0.41%
2012 33 +1.26%
2019 24 −4.45%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

Economy

The main activities are dairy farming and cropping.

Culture and heritage

Angoville Street
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)Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg
  • A Farmhouse (1786)Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg
  • The Saint Anne Fountain (1848)Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg
  • The Town Hall (19th century)Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg
  • The Motte de Rouvrou Fortified Site (11th century)Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg

Religious heritage

Angoville Church
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)Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg
  • The Tomb of Jean-François Rabâche (1816)Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg
  • The Tomb of Priest François Bouquet (1813)Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg
  • The Parish Church of Saint-Anne (12th century)Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg
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