Argançon () is a commune in the

Aube Aube ( ) is a French departments of France, department in the Grand Est region of northeastern France. As with sixty departments in France, this department is named after a river: the Aube (river), Aube. With 310,242 inhabitants (2019),

department in the

Grand Est Grand Est (; ) is an Regions of France, administrative region in northeastern France. It superseded three former administrative regions, Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine, on 1 January 2016 under the provisional name of Alsace-Champagne-A ...

region of north-central

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Geography

Argançon is located some 8 km east by north-east of

Vendeuvre-sur-Barse Vendeuvre-sur-Barse (, literally ''Vendeuvre on Barse'') is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. It was named for the ''Villa Venderevensis'', and was known in Medieval Latin as ''Vendoara, Vendoberum, Vendœuvres, Vend ...

and 8 km north-west of

Bar-sur-Aube Bar-sur-Aube (, literally ''Bar on Aube (river), Aube'') is a Communes of France, commune and a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture in the Aube Departments of France, department in the Grand Est region of France. Surrounded by hills and ...

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
/ref> The ''Landion'' river flows through the commune from south to north passing through the village and continuing north to join the

just north of Dolancourt.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Population

Sites and monuments

The Church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens has a Romanesque

nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...

and a

sanctuary A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred space, sacred place, such as a shrine, protected by ecclesiastical immunity. By the use of such places as a haven, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety. This seconda ...

rebuilt in the 16th century. It contains many items that are registered as historical objects: *The Tombstone of Jean de la Salle (1649) *The Tombstone of Charles le Roux (1681) *A Tombstone (disappeared) (1655) *A Bust (16th century) *A

Monstrance A monstrance, also known as an ostensorium (or an ostensory), is a vessel used in Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, High Church Lutheran and Anglican churches for the display on an altar of some object of piety, such as the consecrated Eucharisti ...

with box (19th century) *2 Ciboriums (19th century) *

Chalice A chalice (from Latin 'cup', taken from the Ancient Greek () 'cup') is a drinking cup raised on a stem with a foot or base. Although it is a technical archaeological term, in modern parlance the word is now used almost exclusively for the ...

s and

Paten A paten or diskos is a small plate used for the celebration of the Eucharist (as in a mass). It is generally used during the liturgy itself, while the reserved sacrament are stored in the tabernacle in a ciborium. Western usage In many Wes ...

s (19th century) *A Processional Staff: Saint Nicolas (19th century) *A Processional Staff: Saint Peter (18th century) *A Processional Staff: Saint Éloi (19th century) *An

Altar An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religion, religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for other ritualistic purposes. Altars are found at shrines, temples, Church (building), churches, and other places of worship. They are use ...

and

Retable A retable is a structure or element placed either on or immediately behind and above the altar or communion table of a church. At the minimum, it may be a simple shelf for candles behind an altar, but it can also be a large and elaborate struct ...

of Saint Nicolas (18th century) *A Bronze Bell (1779) *The Furniture in the ChurchMinistry of Culture, Palissy

References

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