| Le Breuil-sous-Argenton | |
| Arrondissement: | Bressuire |
| Canton: | Argenton-les-Vallées |
| Insee: | 79053 |
| Postal Code: | 79150 |
| Commune: | Argentonnay |
| Type: | Delegated commune |
| Coordinates: | 46.9933°N -0.4297°W |
| Elevation M: | 117 |
| Elevation Min M: | 67 |
| Elevation Max M: | 157 |
| Area Km2: | 19.55 |
| Population: | 478 |
| Population Date: | 2019 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Le Breuil-sous-Argenton (in French pronounced as /lə bʁœj su.z‿aʁʒɑ̃tɔ̃/) is a village and former commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.[2] It is located northeast of Bressuire. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Argentonnay, and became a delegated commune of Argentonnay.[3] It is situated in the northeastern part of the commune.
The delegated commune of Le Breuil-sous-Argenton has an area of 19.6 km2 and 478 inhabitants in 2019.[1] It is located by road southeast of Nantes,[4] northeast of Niort[5] and northeast of Bressuire. The commune bordered the communes of Saint-Aubin-du-Plain, Coulonges-Thouarsais and Genneton. It has an average elevation of 118 metres, and the main river is the Argenton.
The principal church in the village is the Église Notre-Dame.[6]
The late Gothic-style, to the north of the village, dates to the 15th century and was listed as a Historical Monument in 1898.[7] In the 18th century it was damaged following a fire during the French Revolution. Meaning "white thorn", its four towers remain mostly intact and it has a partially filled moat. In 2018, a crowdfunding project organized by startup Dartagnans.fr was started with the objective of restoring the medieval chateau to its former splendour and installing stables, wood and stone workshops, a blacksmith's forge, and a medieval tavern and hostel.[8]