Escoville
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Coordinates: 49°12′40″N 0°14′13″W / 49.2111°N 0.2369°WCoordinates: 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 (2008–2014) | Jean-Claude Garnier |
Area 1 | 5.18 km2 (2.00 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 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. |
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Escoville is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France, with a population of 803 people as of 2017.[2]
Population[]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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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[]
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[]
The name of the locality is attested under the name Escoldivilla in 1109,[3] Ecovilla in 1128,[4] and Escoville in 1208.[5]
Albert Dauzat and his successor, Ernest Nègre, consider that the first unit Escold- represents the Germanic personal name Ascald(us),[6] 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, and Scoffield.
See also[]
- Communes of the Calvados department
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