Argançon

Argançon is a French commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.

Argançon
Commune
View of Argançon from "Nigloland"
Location of Argançon
Argançon
Argançon
Coordinates: 48°15′14″N 4°36′16″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentAube
ArrondissementBar-sur-Aube
CantonVendeuvre-sur-Barse
IntercommunalityVendeuvre-Soulaines
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Rémi Tournemeulle
Area
1
8.2 km2 (3.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
108
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
10008 /10140
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.[2]

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.[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages[2]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[3]

FromToNamePartyPosition
1857Jouy-Jeanson
2001CurrentRemi TournemeulleDVD

(Not all data is known)

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
2006106—    
2007105−0.9%
2008104−1.0%
2009101−2.9%
2010100−1.0%
2011100+0.0%
201299−1.0%
201399+0.0%
2014100+1.0%
2015101+1.0%
2016105+4.0%

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.[4] It contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

  • The Tombstone of Jean de la Salle (1649)[5]
  • The Tombstone of Charles le Roux (1681)[6]
  • A Tombstone (disappeared) (1655)[7]
  • A Bust (16th century)[8]
  • A Monstrance with box (19th century)[9]
  • 2 Ciboriums (19th century)[10]
  • Chalices and Patens (19th century)[11]
  • A Processional Staff: Saint Nicolas (19th century)[12]
  • A Processional Staff: Saint Peter (18th century)[13]
  • A Processional Staff: Saint Éloi (19th century)[14]
  • An Altar and Retable of Saint Nicolas (18th century)[15]
  • A Bronze Bell (1779)[16]
  • The Furniture in the Church[17]

See also

Notes and references

Notes

    References
    1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
    2. Google Maps
    3. List of Mayors of France (in French)
    4. Marguerite Beau: Essay on the religious architecture of Aube southern Champagne including Troyes (1991) (in French)
    5. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM10000037 Tombstone of Jean de la Salle (in French)
    6. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10009886 Tombstone of Charles le Roux (in French)
    7. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10009883 Tombstone (in French)
    8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10010119 Bust (in French)
    9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10009946 Monstrance with box (in French)
    10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10009945IM10009941 Ciboriums (in French)
    11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10009944 Chalice with Paten IM10009943 Paten IM10009942 Chalice (in French)
    12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10009940 Processional Staff: Saint Nicolas (in French)
    13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10009893 Processional Staff: Saint Peter (in French)
    14. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10009857 Processional Staff: Saint Éloi (in French)
    15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10009939 Altar and Retable of Saint Nicolas (in French)
    16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10009938 Bronze Bell (in French)
    17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM10010094 Furniture in the Church (in French)
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.