Argouges

Argouges
Part of Saint-James
The town hall
Location of Argouges
Argouges Location within France Argouges Location within Normandy
Coordinates: 48°30′12″N 1°23′42″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Avranches
Canton	Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët
Commune	Saint-James
Area 1	16.41 km2 (6.34 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	519
• Density	31.6/km2 (81.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	50240
Elevation	25–133 m (82–436 ft) (avg. 38 m or 125 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Argouges (French pronunciation: [aʁɡuʒ]) 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.

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  Coat of arms of the Barons de Gratot (Argouges)
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  François d'Argouges, [1622-1695] premier président Parlement de Bretange
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  Château de Argouges in Vaux-sur-Aure.
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  View of the ruins of the Château de Gratot at the left
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  A view of the Main entrance of the Château de Gratot
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  A rear view of the Main entrance of the Château de Gratot
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  An overview rear view of Main entrance of the Château de Gratot
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  A rear view of Tower XIII of the Château de Gratot
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  Tower XIII of the Château de Gratot
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  From left to right: The 18th Pavilion, the Round Tower, the Maison Seigneuriale, the Fairy Tower
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  Rear View of the North facade of the Château de Gratot [The 18th Pavilion at the right]
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  Rear View of the North facade of the Château de Gratot

Notable people

• Marie-Louise Bouglé (1883-1936), feminist, librarian, and archivist

See also

• Communes of the Manche department