Argançon

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.

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.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 101 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

Sites and monuments

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