Argentine (Savoie)
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Savoie | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne | |
| Canton | Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny | |
| Community association | Porte de Maurienne | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 30 ′ N , 6 ° 19 ′ E | |
| height | 326-2,696 m | |
| surface | 28.03 km 2 | |
| Residents | 954 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 34 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 73220 | |
| INSEE code | 73019 | |
| Website | www.argentine-savoie.fr | |
Argentine is a French municipality with 954 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) within the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in the department of Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The municipality belongs to the canton of Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny (until 2015: canton of Aiguebelle ).
geography
Argentine is located about 31 kilometers east-southeast of Chambéry am Arc , which borders the municipality in the west. Argentine is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Val-d'Arc with Aiguebelle in the north, Montsapey in the east and northeast, La Léchère in the east and southeast, Épierre in the south, Saint-Pierre-de-Belleville in the southwest, and Saint-Alban-d'Hurtières to the west and Saint-Georges-d'Hurtières to the west and northwest.
The former route nationale 6 (today's D1006) runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 867 | 810 | 695 | 623 | 691 | 688 | 839 | 937 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Church, rebuilt after being destroyed in 1632, the portal from 1636 is protected as a monument historique
- Episcopal Tower
- Castagnieri tower
- Félicien Museum
