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Escoville

Coordinates: 49°12′40″N 0°14′13″W / 49.2111°N 0.2369°W / 49.2111; -0.2369
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Escoville
Saint-Laurent
Saint-Laurent
Coat of arms of Escoville
Location of Escoville
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Escoville is located in France
Escoville
Escoville
Escoville is located in Normandy
Escoville
Escoville
Coordinates: 49°12′40″N 0°14′13″W / 49.2111°N 0.2369°W / 49.2111; -0.2369
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementLisieux
CantonTroarn
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Christophe Cliquet[1]
Area
1
5.18 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
805
 • Density160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
14246 /14850
Elevation13–42 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

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962321—    
1968417+29.9%
1975460+10.3%
1982438−4.8%
1990623+42.2%
1999626+0.5%
2008726+16.0%

Geography

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population municipale 2017.
  4. ^ Cartulaire de Troarn.
  5. ^ Charte de Sainte-Barbe.
  6. ^ Charte de l'abbaye d'Aunay.
  7. ^ NPAG, I, 42b.
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