Agon-Coutainville

Commune in Normandy, France

Coat of arms

Location of Agon-Coutainville

(2020–2026) Christian Dutertre^[1]Area

12.35 km² (4.77 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,941 • Density240/km² (620/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

50003 /50230

Elevation0–46 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.

Agon-Coutainville (French pronunciation: [aɡɔ̃ kutɛ̃vil]) is a commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,280	—
1975	2,349	+0.43%
1982	2,321	−0.17%
1990	2,510	+0.98%
1999	2,723	+0.91%
2007	2,798	+0.34%
2012	2,782	−0.11%
2017	2,791	+0.06%
Source: INSEE^[3]

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 racquet with a ball and a golf club with a ball argent. ^[4]

Personalities

Berthe Dagmar (1881–1934)
This is the village of radio personality Madame Leprieur.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ http://www.newgaso.fr/lecture_fiche_commune.php3?page=f50003^{[permanent dead link]}