Argançon

Argançon
Commune
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Coordinates: 48°15′14″N4°36′16″E / 48.2539°N 4.6044°E / 48.2539; 4.6044
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Bar-sur-Aube
Canton	Vendeuvre-sur-Barse
Intercommunality	Vendeuvre-Soulaines
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rémi Tournemeulle [1]
Area 1	8.2 km2 (3.2 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]	114
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	10008 /10140
Elevation	168 m (551 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Argançon (French pronunciation: [aʁɡɑ̃sɔ̃] ) 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. ^[3]

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. ^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

^[3]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors ^[4]

From	To	Name	Party
	1857	Jouy-Jeanson
2001	2026	Remi Tournemeulle	DVD

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	130	—
1975	135	+0.54%
1982	118	−1.90%
1990	117	−0.11%
1999	113	−0.39%
2007	105	−0.91%
2012	99	−1.17%
2017	108	+1.76%
Source: INSEE [5]

Sites and monuments

Church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens

The Church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens has a Romanesque nave and a sanctuary rebuilt in the 16th century. ^[6] It contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• The Tombstone of Jean de la Salle (1649) ^[7]
• The Tombstone of Charles le Roux (1681) ^[8]
• A Tombstone (disappeared) (1655) ^[9]
• A Bust (16th century) ^[10]
• A Monstrance with box (19th century) ^[11]
• 2 Ciboriums (19th century) ^[12]
• Chalices and Patens (19th century) ^[13]
• A Processional Staff: Saint Nicolas (19th century) ^[14]
• A Processional Staff: Saint Peter (18th century) ^[15]
• A Processional Staff: Saint Éloi (19th century) ^[16]
• An Altar and Retable of Saint Nicolas (18th century) ^[17]
• A Bronze Bell (1779) ^[18]
• The Furniture in the Church ^[19]

See also

• Communes of the Aube department
• Orient Forest Regional Natural Park

External links

• Argançon on the National Geographic Institute website (in French)
• Argançon on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Argançon on the 1750 Cassini Map

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. Google Maps
4. List of Mayors of France (in French)
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
6. Marguerite Beau: Essay on the religious architecture of Aube southern Champagne including Troyes (1991) (in French)
7. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000037 Tombstone of Jean de la Salle (in French)
8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10009886 Tombstone of Charles le Roux (in French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10009883 Tombstone (in French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10010119 Bust (in French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10009946 Monstrance with box (in French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10009945 IM10009941 Ciboriums (in French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10009944 Chalice with Paten IM10009943 Paten IM10009942 Chalice (in French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10009940 Processional Staff: Saint Nicolas (in French)
15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10009893 Processional Staff: Saint Peter (in French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10009857 Processional Staff: Saint Éloi (in French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10009939 Altar and Retable of Saint Nicolas (in French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10009938 Bronze Bell (in French)
19. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10010094 Furniture in the Church (in French)