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Argouges (French pronunciation: [aʁɡuʒ]) is a former commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune Saint-James.^[2]

For many centuries the Barons de Gratot (Argouges) resided at the Château de Gratot in Argouges. Similar to the Château de Gratot is the Château de Argouges in Vaux-sur-Aure, in the French department of Calvados, Normandy which had also been owned by the Barons de Gratot (Argouges). According to the French Wikipedia a legend is that a Lord of Argouges met a Fairy woman who agreed to be his wife provided he never spoke the word “Mort” [death] which was considered profane language; however he spoke it and the Fairy vanished; this legend is associated with both Château de Gratot and the Château de Argouges.^[3]

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  Coat of arms of the Barons de Gratot (Argouges)
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  François d’Argouges, [1622-1695] premier président Parlement de Bretange
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  Château de Argouges in Vaux-sur-Aure.
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  View of the ruins of the Château de Gratot at the left
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  A view of the Main entrance of the Château de Gratot
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  A rear view of the Main entrance of the Château de Gratot
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  An overview rear view of Main entrance of the Château de Gratot
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  A rear view of Tower XIII of the Château de Gratot
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  Tower XIII of the Château de Gratot
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  From left to right: The 18th Pavilion, the Round Tower, the Maison Seigneuriale, the Fairy Tower
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  Rear View of the North facade of the Château de Gratot [The 18th Pavilion at the right]
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  Rear View of the North facade of the Château de Gratot

• Marie-Louise Bouglé (1883-1936), feminist, librarian, and archivist

• Communes of the Manche department