Argein (; ) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western

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Geography

Argein is located some 12 km south-west of Saint-Girons just a kilometre west of

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. Access to the commune is by the D618 road from Audressein in the east passing through the centre of the commune and the village and continuing west to Aucazein. Apart from the village there is also the hamlet of Viellot. The centre of the commune is the valley of the Bouigane oriented east–west where the village lies. In the valley there is some farmland however the rugged north and south of the commune is heavily forested.Google Maps
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. Some tributaries rise in the commune to join the Bouigane including the ''Ruisseau d'Auriech'' and the ''Ruisseau de Sol''.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Administration

List of Successive Mayors ;Mayors from 1929

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Argenois'' or ''Argenoises'' in French. Argein War Memorial

Sites and Monuments

The Parish Church of Saint Peter is an old Romanesque church from the 12th century and now an integral part of a church originally built in the 9th century. The original semicircular

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forms the south aisle of the present building. There is an

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bearing a very ancient inscription (prior to the 4th century) depicted again in the south wall of the church. The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects: *2 Altar Candlesticks (17th century) *2 Collection Plates (16th century) *A

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(17th century) *A Ciborium (1638) *A

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(17th century) *A

with

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(16th century) *A Statue: Saint Peter (18th century) *A

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(18th century) *An

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, and Altar Dais (18th century) *A Monumental Painting on the southern exterior facade and interior walls (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy

Notable people linked to the commune

*Honoré Laffont, born 6 October 1901 at Argein and died on 14 February 1975. An international

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player (1st time in 1926 against

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). He was twice a finalist in the championship of France with

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(1932 and 1933). He played scrum half (1.65m, 62 kg). He was also coach for RC Narbonne.

References

External links

Argein on the National Geographic Institute website

Argein on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Argein'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
{{authority control Communes of Ariège (department)