Argenton-l'Église
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Commune of Argenton-l'Église |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Poitou-Charentes |
Department | Deux-Sèvres |
Arrondissement | Bressuire |
Canton | Argenton-les-Vallées Thouars 2nd Canton |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 35 m–82 m (avg. 58 m) |
Land area¹ | 25,86 km² |
Population² (2007 - est. INSEE) |
1588 |
- Density | 61/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 79014/ 79290 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Argenton-l'Église is a village and commune in the Poitou-Charentes région of western France. It is located some 9km north-west of Thouars, and 36km north-east of Bressuire.
The commune of Argenton-l'Église is within the département of Deux-Sèvres and the arrondissement of Bressuire. It is divided between the canton of Argenton-les-Vallées and the second canton of Thouars.[1]
Besides the village of Argenton-l'Église, the commune also includes the village of Taizon, which is situated on the River Thouet some 2.5km to the east.
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- ^ Code Officiel Géographique. Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.