Argein
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Argein
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Argein Drinking Trough.JPG
- French commune.caption
- The drinking trough in Argein
- French commune.arrondissement
- Saint-Girons
- French commune.canton
- Couserans Ouest
- French commune.INSEE
- 09014
- French commune.postal code
- 09800
- French commune.mayor
- Denis Lourde
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.elevation m
- 534
- French commune.elevation min m
- 517
- French commune.elevation max m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Argein
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Saint-Girons
- Population
- +195
- Area
- +11.09
- Elevation
- +784
- Shares border with
- Balacet
- Image
- Argein Mairie.JPG
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Neighbouring communes and villages
- Administration
- Demography
- Sites and Monuments
- Notable people linked to the commune
- See also
- References
- External links
Argein (; ) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.
==Geography== Argein is located some 12 km south-west of Saint-Girons just a kilometre west of Audressein. Access to the commune is by the D618 road from Audressein in the east passing through the centre of the commune and the village and continuing west to Aucazein. Apart from the village there is also the hamlet of Viellot. The centre of the commune is the valley of the Bouigane oriented east–west where the village lies. In the valley there is some farmland however the rugged north and south of the commune is heavily forested.