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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox French commune<br />
|name = Argouges<br />
|image = Argouges (50) Mairie.jpg<br />
|caption = The town hall<br />
|arrondissement = Avranches<br />
|canton = Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët<br />
|commune = Saint-James<br />
|INSEE = 50018<br />
|postal code = 50240<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|48.5033|-1.395|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
|elevation m = 38<br />
|elevation min m = 25<br />
|elevation max m = 133<br />
|area km2 = 16.41<br />
|population = 513<br />
|population date = 2022<br />
|population footnotes = <ref name=pop2022>{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8290591/ensemble.pdf|title=Populations de référence 2022|language=fr|trans-title=Reference populations 2022|publisher=[[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|INSEE]]|date=December 2024}}</ref><br />
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'''Argouges''' ({{IPA|fr|aʁɡuʒ}}) is a former [[Commune in France|commune]] in the [[Manche]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Normandy (administrative region)|Normandy]] [[Regions of France|region]] in northwestern [[France]]. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune [[Saint-James]].<ref>[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2016/7/8/INTB1622490A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 8 July 2016 {{in lang|fr}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref>(A variation of this legend is found in "Ripley's Believe It or Not" (volume) V .pp.64-65. Ironically Ripley used a drawing of the Château_de Argouges for the Château_de_Gratot in Argouges!)</ref><br />
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Blason famille fr d'Argouges.svg|Coat of arms of the Barons de Gratot (Argouges)<br />
François d'Argouges, premier président.jpg|François d'Argouges, [1622-1695] premier président Parlement de Bretange<br />
Vaux-sur-Aure_Manoir_d'Argouges_02.JPG|Château de Argouges in [[Vaux-sur-Aure]].<br />
Gratot_chateau_église.jpg|View of the ruins of the Château de Gratot at the left<br />
Château de Gratot - Poterne et douves.JPG|A view of the Main entrance of the Château de Gratot<br />
Chateau_de_Gratot,_communs.JPG|A rear view of the Main entrance of the Château de Gratot<br />
Gratot chateau vue tour.jpg|An overview rear view of Main entrance of the Château de Gratot<br />
Château de Gratot - Vue sur la tour d'angle.JPG|A rear view of Tower XIII of the Château de Gratot<br />
Tour_XIIIe_-_Château_de_Gratot.jpg|Tower XIII of the Château de Gratot<br />
Vue_du_ciel_-_Château_de_Gratot.jpg|From left to right: The 18th Pavilion, the Round Tower, the Maison Seigneuriale, the Fairy Tower<br />
GratotChateau_1.jpg|Rear View of the North facade of the Château de Gratot [The 18th Pavilion at the right]<br />
Gratot_chateau.jpg|Rear View of the North facade of the Château de Gratot<br />
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==Population==<br />
{{Historical populations<br />
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|1793| 1329 |1800| 1145 |1806| 1272 |1821| 1316<br />
|1831| 1542 |1836| 1464 |1841| 1576 |1846| 1512<br />
|1851| 1450 |1856| 1440 |1861| 1390 |1866| 1302 |1872| 1294<br />
|1876| 1272 |1881| 1179 |1886| 1152 |1891| 1212 |1896| 1164<br />
|1901| 1107 |1906| 1107 |1911| 1058 |1921| 1004<br />
|1926| 991 |1931| 952 |1936| 925 |1946| 890<br />
|1954| 842 |1962| 819 |1968| 787 |1975| 718<br />
|1982| 621 |1990| 599 |1999| 540<br />
|2009| 551<br />
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==Notable people==<br />
* [[Marie-Louise Bouglé]] (1883-1936), feminist, librarian, and archivist<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Communes of the Manche department]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Former communes of Manche]]<br />
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