Agonges

Agonges
The Town Hall and Post Office The Town Hall and Post Office
Agonges
Location within Auvergne region Agonges
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Moulins
Canton	Souvigny
Intercommunality	Bocage Bourbonnais
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Romain Juge
Area1	24.1 km2 (9.3 sq mi)
Population (2013)2	342
• Density	14/km2 (37/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	03002 / 03210
Elevation	204–266 m (669–873 ft) (avg. 228 m or 748 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.

Agonges is a French commune in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Agongeois or Agongeoises.

Geography

Agonges is located some 15 km north-west of Moulins and 50 km south of Nevers. It can be accessed by several roads: the D58 from Saint-Menoux in the south passes through the village and continues north, the D133 comes from the D953 in the south-west to the village and continues north-east to Bagneux, the D54 comes from Franchesse in the north-west to the village then continues east to join the D13, the D139 comes from Couzon in the north to join the D54 in the commune, and the D13 passes through the north-eastern corner of the commune. The commune consists entirely of farmland with numerous hamlets other than the village.

The hamlets are:

• Chateau de Beaumont
• Chateau de Breuil
• Chateau du Monceau
• Fontenay
• Grand Langeron
• Grand Monceau
• La Coulette
• La Croix Peyre
• La Loire
• La Raymonerie
• La Vallette
• Lafont
• Lalue
• L'Augere
• Lavault
• Le Breuron
• Le Lieu Jobier
• Le Moulin Rateau
• Le Pingon
• Le Plaix
• Les Brosses
• Les Carrons
• Les Fourches
• Les Regnauds
• Les Sacrots
• Les Sodais
• Les Tarnissats
• Petit Langeron
• Petit Monceau
• Retif

The Ours river flows through the commune from the south passing west of the village and continuing north to join the Burge which forms part of the northern border. There are small lakes in the north of the commune that link to the Burge. The Burge continues north to join the Allier south of Le Port Barreau.

History

In 1807 the former commune of Breuil merged with Agonges.

Administration

File:AGONGES, Paysage Boubonnais..jpg

View of Agonges and its church

List of Successive Mayors of Agonges

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1977	2014	Guy Juge	PCF
2014	2020	Romain Juge

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2013 the commune had 342 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
750	725	644	744	709	729	646	707	778

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
747	775	816	844	880	881	852	851	831

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
756	753	741	630	604	572	512	534	479

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	2013
474	437	385	327	300	357	371	342	342

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

File:Population - Municipality code 03002.svg

Population of Agonges

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Chateau of Sacrots (17th century)
• The Chateau of La Pommeraye (15th century) is in a manor park from the 18th century equipped with round towers in the style of the 15th century.
• The Chateau of Augère (Middle Ages) has a medieval dungeon covered with a roof extended by a Gothic building in the 19th century and still has a moat.
• The Domain of Epine (15th century), a rare example of a fortified domain from the 14th century in Bourbonnais.
• The Chateau of Echardons (1792) was rebuilt in 1792 and it remains the only castle with two towers and a dovecote.
• The Chateau of Beaumont (1740) was rebuilt in 1740 on the site of a fortified castle of which only a tower and a dovecote remain.
• The Chateau of Beaumont Park (20th century)
• The Chateau of Echardons Park (20th century). The park is centred on a lane from the early 20th century.
• The Park of La Tuilerie
• The Park of La Pommeraie (20th century)
• The Saulneraie Garden
• The Laugère Park (19th century)

Châteaux Picture Gallery

• Epine A.jpg

  Domain of Épine A

• Epine B.jpg

  Domain of Épine B

• Epine C.jpg

  Domain of Épine C

• Epine D.jpg

  Domain of Épine D

• Agonges L Augere.jpg

  Château of Augère

• Augere 01.JPG

  Facade of the Château of Augère

Religious heritage

The Church of Notre-Dame (12th century) is registered as an historical monument. It contains a Bronze Bell (1578) that is registered as an historical object.

Church of Notre Dame Picture Gallery

• Agonges - Eglise Notre-Dame -1.jpg

  View of the Church of Notre Dame

• Agonges Eglise 01.jpg

  Church of Notre Dame

• Agonges Eglise 02.jpg

  Entrance to the Church

• Agonges Eglise 03.jpg

  Detail on the west portal

• Agonges Eglise 04.jpg

  Stone sculptures on the bell tower representing a hunt

• Agonges - Eglise Notre-Dame - Nef.JPG

  The nave of the church

• Agonges - Eglise Notre-Dame - Chevet.JPG

  The chevet of the church

Notable People linked to the commune

• François Dalphonse (1756-1821), politician, MP for Allier, owner of Beaumont Castle where he died
• Jean Bardin, radio host

See also

• Communes of the Allier department
• Cantons of the Allier department
• Arrondissements of the Allier department

External links

• Agonges on the old National Geographic Institute website (French)
• Agonges on Lion1906 (French)
• Agonges on Google Maps
• Agonges on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Agonges on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Agonges on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)