Hiéville

Hiéville
L'église Saint-Pierre
Hiéville
Location within Lower Normandy region  Hiéville
Coordinates: 49°01′26″N 0°00′25″W / 49.0239°N 0.0069°WCoordinates: 49°01′26″N 0°00′25″W / 49.0239°N 0.0069°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Lisieux
Canton	Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives
Intercommunality	Trois Rivières
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	François Pasquet
Area^1	4.77 km^2 (1.84 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	293
• Density	61/km^2 (160/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	14331 / 14170
Elevation	22–74 m (72–243 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Hiéville is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	218	—
1968	243	+11.5%
1975	248	+2.1%
1982	265	+6.9%
1990	259	−2.3%
1999	253	−2.3%
2008	293	+15.8%

Graph of Hiéville population over time:

Etymology

French linguist René Lepelley writes that the etymology of Hiéville is similar to that of the commune Hiesville in the Manche department.^[1] Both names probably come from the word 'hedo' (derived from the Ancient Greek word for pleasure) and the Old French word 'ville', which originally referred to a rural estate or territory. Ville itself was derived from the Latin phrase 'villa rustica,' a countryside home.

See also

• Communes of the Calvados department

References

• INSEE

1. Lepelley, René (1996). Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie, Condé-sur-Noireau. Charles Corlet. p. 148. ISBN 2-905461-80-2.