Argouges
Sign in to saveArgouges () is a former commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune Saint-James.
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Argouges
- French commune.image
- Argouges (50) Mairie.jpg
- French commune.caption
- The town hall
- French commune.arrondissement
- Avranches
- French commune.canton
- Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët
- French commune.commune
- Saint-James
- French commune.INSEE
- 50018
- French commune.postal code
- 50240
- French commune.elevation m
- 38
- French commune.elevation min m
- 25
- French commune.elevation max m
- 133
- French commune.area km2
- 16.41
- French commune.population
Key dates
- Dissolved
- 31 December 2016
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- delegated commune
- Official name
- Argouges
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Avranches
- Population
- +541
- Area
- +16.41
- Elevation
- +91
- Shares border with
- Villiers-le-Pré
- Image
- Argouges (50) Mairie.jpg
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- Saint-James
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Argouges () is a former commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune Saint-James.
For many centuries the Barons de Gratot (Argouges) resided at the Château de Gratot in Argouges. Similar to the Château de Gratot is the Château de Argouges in Vaux-sur-Aure, in the French department of Calvados, Normandy which had also been owned by the Barons de Gratot (Argouges). According to the French Wikipedia a legend is that a Lord of Argouges met a Fairy woman who agreed to be his wife provided he never spoke the word "Mort" [death] which was considered profane language; however he spoke it and the Fairy vanished; this legend is associated with both Château de Gratot and the Château de Argouges.