Borough-Argental

Borough-Argental is a common French, located in the department of the the Loire and the area the Rhone-Alps.

Geography

To 30 km of Saint-Etienne and 15 km of Annonay (Ardeche).

History

Administration

Demography

Monuments

Saint-Andrew Church and its gate of the 12th century
Castle ruined in Argental

Personalities related to the commune

Paul Guyotat (writer) born in 1940
Jacques Esterel (dressmaker)
Cardinal Donnet

It is in this commune that Barbey d' Aurevilly locates the beginning of its novel a history without name . It does not make a very flattering portrait of the place.

See too

Common of the Loire

External bonds

Official site of the town of Borough-Argental
Borough-Argental on the site of the national geographical Institute
Borough-Argental on the site of Borough-Argental INSEE
on the site of Quid
Localization of Borough-Argental on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Borough-Argental on Mapquest

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