Argelouse

Argelouse
Commune
The church of Argelouse
Location of Argelouse
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Coordinates: 44°22′01″N 0°38′42″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Canton	Haute Lande Armagnac
Intercommunality	CC Cœur Haute Lande
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Joël Lalanne[1]
Area ^1	22.79 km^2 (8.80 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	101
• Density	4.4/km^2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40008 /40430
Elevation	39–73 m (128–240 ft) (avg. 61 m or 200 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Argelouse (French pronunciation: [aʁʒəluz]; Gascon: Argelosa) is a commune of the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Made famous by being a locality in the 1927 novel Thérèse Desqueyroux by François Mauriac.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	37	—
1975	37	+0.00%
1982	55	+5.83%
1990	54	−0.23%
1999	55	+0.20%
2009	94	+5.51%
2014	90	−0.87%
2020	99	+1.60%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Landes department
• Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE