Argenton-Notre-Dame

Part of Bierné-les-Villages in Pays de la Loire, France

47°46′51″N 0°35′16″W / 47.7808°N 0.5878°W / 47.7808; -0.5878CountryFranceRegionPays de la LoireDepartmentMayenneArrondissementChâteau-GontierCantonAzéCommuneBierné-les-Villages Area6.77 km² (2.61 sq mi)Population216 • Density32/km² (83/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codeElevation33–82 m (108–269 ft)
(avg. 60 m or 200 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Argenton-Notre-Dame (French pronunciation: [aʁʒɑ̃tɔ̃ nɔtʁə dam]) is a former commune in the Mayenne department in northwestern France with a population of 215 (2018). On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Bierné-les-Villages.^[2]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 453 —     1800 282 −37.7% 1806 322 +14.2% 1821 261 −18.9% 1831 281 +7.7% 1836 332 +18.1% 1841 328 −1.2% 1846 326 −0.6% 1851 300 −8.0% 1856 303 +1.0% 1861 303 +0.0% 1866 360 +18.8% 1872 393 +9.2% 1876 360 −8.4% 1881 325 −9.7% 1886 332 +2.2% 1891 304 −8.4% 1896 283 −6.9% 1901 281 −0.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1906 277 −1.4% 1911 256 −7.6% 1921 229 −10.5% 1926 217 −5.2% 1931 221 +1.8% 1936 209 −5.4% 1946 211 +1.0% 1954 221 +4.7% 1962 236 +6.8% 1968 195 −17.4% 1975 188 −3.6% 1982 161 −14.4% 1990 187 +16.1% 1999 181 −3.2% 2007 206 +13.8% 2011 205 −0.5% 2016 210 +2.4% 2018 215 +2.4%

Local culture and heritage

Castles

• Château de la Fautraise
• Château de la Sionnière

See also

• Communes of Mayenne

References