--- title: Argouges slug: argouges qid: snapshot: enwiki-001357570514 content_hash: license: CC BY-SA 4.0 source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357570514 tags: [109524201, 23091205, 23118434, 23468805, 23603337, 28269686, 30525120, 45734372, 46225480, 63698630, 82118793, 98233523] --- # Argouges > [!note] Provenance > Snapshot `enwiki-001357570514` · content root `…` > Derived from · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 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. Blason famille fr d'Argouges.svg|Coat of arms of the Barons de Gratot (Argouges) François d'Argouges, premier président.jpg|François d'Argouges, [1622-1695] premier président Parlement de Bretange Vaux-sur-Aure_Manoir_d'Argouges_02.JPG|Château de Argouges in Vaux-sur-Aure.… 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. Blason famille fr d'Argouges.svg|Coat of arms of the Barons de Gratot (Argouges) François d'Argouges, premier président.jpg|François d'Argouges, [1622-1695] premier président Parlement de Bretange Vaux-sur-Aure_Manoir_d'Argouges_02.JPG|Château de Argouges in Vaux-sur-Aure. Gratot_chateau_église.jpg|View of the ruins of the Château de Gratot at the left Château de Gratot - Poterne et douves.JPG|A view of the Main entrance of the Château de Gratot Chateau_de_Gratot,_communs.JPG|A rear view of the Main entrance of the Château de Gratot Gratot chateau vue tour.jpg|An overview rear view of Main entrance of the Château de Gratot Château de Gratot - Vue sur la tour d'angle.JPG|A rear view of Tower XIII of the Château de Gratot Tour_XIIIe_-_Château_de_Gratot.jpg|Tower XIII of the Château de Gratot Vue_du_ciel_-_Château_de_Gratot.jpg|From left to right: The 18th Pavilion, the Round Tower, the Maison Seigneuriale, the Fairy Tower GratotChateau_1.jpg|Rear View of the North facade of the Château de Gratot [The 18th Pavilion at the right] Gratot_chateau.jpg|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 ==References==