Argançon () is a commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.
Geography Argançon is located some 8 km east by north-east of Vendeuvre-sur-Barse and 8 km north-west of Bar-sur-Aube in the Orient Forest Regional Natural Park. Access to the commune is by highway D619 from Dolancourt in the north-east through the north of the commune to Magny-Fouchard in the west. Access to the village is by the D44 from Dolancourt passing through the village and continuing south to Spoy. There is also the D144 road from the village to the hamlet of Le Chanet in the north of the commune. Two thirds of the commune is farmland with the rest heavily forested in the east and the south.Google Maps
The Landion river flows through the commune from south to north passing through the village and continuing north to join the Aube just north of Dolancourt.
Neighbouring communes and villages
Administration
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Population
Sites and monuments
The Church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens has a Romanesque nave and a sanctuary rebuilt in the 16th century.Marguerite Beau: Essay on the religious architecture of Aube southern Champagne including Troyes (1991) It contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
The Tombstone of Jean de la Salle (1649)Ministry of Culture, Palissy The Tombstone of Charles le Roux (1681)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Tombstone (disappeared) (1655)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Bust (16th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Monstrance with box (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy 2 Ciboriums (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy Chalices and Patens (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Processional Staff: Saint Nicolas (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Processional Staff: Saint Peter (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Processional Staff: Saint Éloi (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy An Altar and Retable of Saint Nicolas (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Bronze Bell (1779)Ministry of Culture, Palissy The Furniture in the ChurchMinistry of Culture, Palissy
See also Communes of the Aube department Orient Forest Regional Natural Park
External links Argançon on the National Geographic Institute website Argançon on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Argançon on the 1750 Cassini Map
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