Escoville

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]

Escoville
Commune
Saint-Laurent
Coat of arms
Location of Escoville
Escoville
Escoville
Coordinates: 49°12′40″N 0°14′13″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementLisieux
CantonTroarn
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Claude Garnier
Area
1
5.18 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
803
 • 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.

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

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Population municipale 2017.
  3. Cartulaire de Troarn.
  4. Charte de Sainte-Barbe.
  5. Charte de l’abbaye d’Aunay.
  6. NPAG, I, 42b.


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