Escoville
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Escoville | |
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 Saint-Laurent | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Escoville  | |
  Escoville  Escoville | |
| Coordinates: 49°12′40″N 0°14′13″W / 49.2111°N 0.2369°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Lisieux |
| Canton | Troarn |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Christophe Cliquet[1] |
| Area 1 | 5.18 km2 (2.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 805 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14246 /14850 |
| Elevation | 13–42 m (43–138 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Escoville is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France, with a population of 803 people as of 2017.[3]
Population[edit]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 321 | — |
| 1968 | 417 | +29.9% |
| 1975 | 460 | +10.3% |
| 1982 | 438 | −4.8% |
| 1990 | 623 | +42.2% |
| 1999 | 626 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 726 | +16.0% |
Geography[edit]
Escoville is located 5 kilometers north of Troarn, 11 kilometers northeast of Caen, 14 kilometers south of Cabourg, and 35 kilometers from Deauville. Escoville is part of the urban area of Caen.
Typonymy[edit]
The name of the locality is attested under the name Escoldivilla in 1109,[4] Ecovilla in 1128,[5] and Escoville in 1208.[6]
Albert Dauzat and his successor, Ernest Nègre, consider that the first unit Escold- represents the Germanic personal name Ascald(us),[7] also written as Ascolt.
Note: the evolution As- > Es- is not certified in the old forms. Perhaps there should be a recourse to an Anglo-Scandinavian anthroponym Skoldr/Skoldi? The prefix -esc results more often from the regular evolution of sk-. A similar processus is found, for example, in the word école, the French word for “school” (Old French escole < Latin scola).
The name (E)scoville has evolved into the English last names Scoville, Scovill, Scoffield, Schofield, and Scourfield.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population municipale 2017.
- ^ Cartulaire de Troarn.
- ^ Charte de Sainte-Barbe.
- ^ Charte de l'abbaye d'Aunay.
- ^ NPAG, I, 42b.
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