Agon-Coutainville

Agon-Coutainville

The beach at Coutainville

Coat of arms
Agon-Coutainville

Coordinates: 49°02′N 1°35′W / 49.04°N 1.58°W / 49.04; -1.58Coordinates: 49°02′N 1°35′W / 49.04°N 1.58°W / 49.04; -1.58
Country France
Region Normandy
Department Manche
Arrondissement Coutances
Canton Saint-Malo-de-la-Lande
Intercommunality Saint-Malo-de-la-Lande
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Max Avenel
Area1 12.35 km2 (4.77 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 2,826
  Density 230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 50003 / 50230
Elevation 0–46 m (0–151 ft)
(avg. 39 m or 128 ft)

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
YearPop.±%
17931,556    
18001,399−10.1%
18061,632+16.7%
18211,446−11.4%
18311,506+4.1%
18361,462−2.9%
18411,561+6.8%
18461,533−1.8%
18511,530−0.2%
18561,465−4.2%
18611,605+9.6%
18661,602−0.2%
18721,600−0.1%
18761,570−1.9%
18811,595+1.6%
18861,597+0.1%
18911,590−0.4%
18961,614+1.5%
19011,644+1.9%
19061,664+1.2%
19111,717+3.2%
19211,469−14.4%
19261,503+2.3%
19311,795+19.4%
19361,754−2.3%
19463,629+106.9%
19542,551−29.7%
19622,341−8.2%
19682,280−2.6%
19752,349+3.0%
19822,321−1.2%
19902,510+8.1%
19992,723+8.5%
20092,826+3.8%

Heraldry

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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