Agon-Coutainville
| Agon-Coutainville | ||
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The beach at Coutainville | ||
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  Agon-Coutainville | ||
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Location within Lower Normandy region  Agon-Coutainville | ||
| Coordinates: 49°02′N 1°35′W / 49.04°N 1.58°WCoordinates: 49°02′N 1°35′W / 49.04°N 1.58°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Lower Normandy | |
| Department | Manche | |
| Arrondissement | Coutances | |
| Canton | Saint-Malo-de-la-Lande | |
| Intercommunality | Saint-Malo-de-la-Lande | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Max Avenel | |
| Area1 | 12.35 km2 (4.77 sq mi) | |
| Population (2009)2 | 2,826 | |
| • Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 50003 / 50330 | |
| Elevation |
0–46 m (0–151 ft) (avg. 39 m or 128 ft) | |
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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. | ||
Agon-Coutainville is a commune in the Manche department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 1,556 | — |
| 1800 | 1,399 | −10.1% |
| 1806 | 1,632 | +16.7% |
| 1821 | 1,446 | −11.4% |
| 1831 | 1,506 | +4.1% |
| 1836 | 1,462 | −2.9% |
| 1841 | 1,561 | +6.8% |
| 1846 | 1,533 | −1.8% |
| 1851 | 1,530 | −0.2% |
| 1856 | 1,465 | −4.2% |
| 1861 | 1,605 | +9.6% |
| 1866 | 1,602 | −0.2% |
| 1872 | 1,600 | −0.1% |
| 1876 | 1,570 | −1.9% |
| 1881 | 1,595 | +1.6% |
| 1886 | 1,597 | +0.1% |
| 1891 | 1,590 | −0.4% |
| 1896 | 1,614 | +1.5% |
| 1901 | 1,644 | +1.9% |
| 1906 | 1,664 | +1.2% |
| 1911 | 1,717 | +3.2% |
| 1921 | 1,469 | −14.4% |
| 1926 | 1,503 | +2.3% |
| 1931 | 1,795 | +19.4% |
| 1936 | 1,754 | −2.3% |
| 1946 | 3,629 | +106.9% |
| 1954 | 2,551 | −29.7% |
| 1962 | 2,341 | −8.2% |
| 1968 | 2,280 | −2.6% |
| 1975 | 2,349 | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 2,321 | −1.2% |
| 1990 | 2,510 | +8.1% |
| 1999 | 2,723 | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 2,826 | +3.8% |
Heraldry
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The arms of Agon-Coutainville are blazoned : Quarterly: 1&4 Gules, in bend sinister 3 leopards bendwise; 2 Azure, per fess azure and barry argent and azure, a sail and in sinister chief 2 seagulls argent; 3 Vert, a horse head contourny between tennis raquet with a ball and a golf club with a ball argent. [1] |
Personalities
This is the village of radio personality Madame Leprieur.
See also
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Agon-Coutainville. |
