1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ARGENTAN, a town of north-western France, capital of an arrondissement in the department of Ome, 27 m. N.N.W. of Alencon on the railway from Le Mans to Caen. Pop. (1906) 5072. It is situated on the slope of a hill on the right bank of the Orne at its confluence with the Ure. The town has remains of old fortifications, among them the Tour Marguerite, and a chateau, now used as a law-court, dating from the isth century. The church of St Germain (isth, i6th and I7th centuries) has several features of architectural bea…
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