Escoville

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Commune in Normandy, France

Coat of arms

Location of Escoville

(2020–2026) Christophe Cliquet^[1]Area

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

Historical population
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

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,^[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.

References

^ "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.