Argouges

Argouges
The town hall
Argouges
Location within Lower Normandy region  Argouges
Coordinates: 48°30′12″N 1°23′42″W / 48.5033°N 1.395°WCoordinates: 48°30′12″N 1°23′42″W / 48.5033°N 1.395°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Avranches
Canton	Saint-James
Intercommunality	Saint-James
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Louis Lemouland
Area^1	16.41 km^2 (6.34 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	551
• Density	34/km^2 (87/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	50018 / 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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Argouges is a commune in the Manche department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,329	—
1800	1,145	−13.8%
1806	1,272	+11.1%
1821	1,316	+3.5%
1831	1,542	+17.2%
1836	1,464	−5.1%
1841	1,576	+7.7%
1846	1,512	−4.1%
1851	1,450	−4.1%
1856	1,440	−0.7%
1861	1,390	−3.5%
1866	1,302	−6.3%
1872	1,294	−0.6%
1876	1,272	−1.7%
1881	1,179	−7.3%
1886	1,152	−2.3%
1891	1,212	+5.2%
1896	1,164	−4.0%
1901	1,107	−4.9%
1906	1,107	+0.0%
1911	1,058	−4.4%
1921	1,004	−5.1%
1926	991	−1.3%
1931	952	−3.9%
1936	925	−2.8%
1946	890	−3.8%
1954	842	−5.4%
1962	819	−2.7%
1968	787	−3.9%
1975	718	−8.8%
1982	621	−13.5%
1990	599	−3.5%
1999	540	−9.8%
2009	551	+2.0%

See also

• Communes of the Manche department

References

• INSEE statistics