Argentan (French pronunciation: [aʁʒɑ̃tɑ̃] ) is a commune and the seat of two cantons and of an arrondissement in the Orne department in northwestern France...
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Falaise pocket (redirect from Argentan-Falaise Gap)
proposal for a shorter envelopment at Argentan. Montgomery and Patton had misgivings; if the Allies did not take Argentan, Alençon and Falaise quickly, many...
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town Argentan, Orne department, northwestern France. Gare d'Argentan, TER Normandie Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gare d'Argentan. Argentan station...
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(1407, Argentan – 1408) Jean d'Alençon, Duke of Alençon (1409–1476) Marie d'Alençon (1410, Argentan, – 1412, Argentan) Jeanne d'Alençon (1412, Argentan – 1420)...
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Argentan lace or Point d'Argentan is an 18th century needle lace from Argentan, France. Argentella is derived from Argentan. Argentan lace exhibits a...
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Terres d'Argentan Interco (redirect from Argentan Intercom)
the Orne département and in the Normandy région of France. Its seat is Argentan. Its area is 715.1 km2, and its population in 2019 was 33,409. It covers...
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Argentan Abbey otherwise Notre-Dame de la Place (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Argentan;Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Place) is an 11th-century Benedictine abbey...
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Football Club Argentan is a french football club based in Argentan. The club was formed in 1991 as a merger between Olympique Argentan and Union Sportive...
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surrounding lands of Argentan, one of the most important towns in Normandy, for 6,000 livres in gold. Peter later moved his court to Argentan, as it was a fortified...
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The arrondissement of Argentan (French: arrondissement d'Argentan) is an arrondissement of France, located in the Orne department, region of Normandy....
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August, to the edge of the city of Argentan on 12 August—8 days before the Argentan-Falaise Gap was closed. Turning Argentan over to the 90th Infantry Division...
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I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Aertex Alençon lace Antique satin Argentan lace Argentella lace Bafta cloth Baize Ballistic nylon Barathea Barkcloth...
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Jean I of Montmorency (1284–1326) was lord of Montmorency, Écouen, Argentan, Damville, and Berneval. He was a member of the house of Montmorency. He was...
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chose. The lawsuit reflected very poorly on Carrouges at the court in Argentan and resulted in his further estrangement from Count Pierre's circle. Marguerite...
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The canton of Argentan-2 is an administrative division of the Orne department, northwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation...
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The canton of Argentan-1 is an administrative division of the Orne department, northwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation...
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conducted from 19 July to 23 August to support the British Second Army in the Argentan area of Normandy. Mortimer, Gavin (6 February 2025). Stirling's Men: The...
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Country France Region Normandy Department Orne Arrondissement Argentan Canton Argentan-1 Commune Boischampré Area 1 10.59 km2 (4.09 sq mi) Population...
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one of the new count's favourites. When Count Pierre moved his court to Argentan, Le Gris lent him 3,000 livres and, in reward, was confirmed as Seigneur...
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Alençon (1463 at the castle of Vaudémont, Lorraine – 2 November 1521 in Argentan, Normandy) was a French noblewoman and a nun of the order of Poor Clares...
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Nickel silver, maillechort, German silver, argentan, new silver, nickel brass, albata, or alpacca is a cupronickel (copper with nickel) alloy with the...
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Emperor Henry and King Robert I of Scotland. Born in about 1280, at or near Argentan, d'Argentan had participated in a Crusade to the Middle East via the Knights...
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Closing the Falaise-Argentan Pocket and the Mortain counterattack 6–17 August 1944...
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joined the court circle of the Count, centered around the town of Argentan. It was at Argentan that the friendship between Carrouges and Le Gris began to deteriorate...
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Museum site Philippe de Chennevières, Lettres sur l'art français en 1850, Argentan 1851, p.48 Andrew Teverson, Cultural History of Fairy Tales, Bloomsbury...
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v t e Lace types Needle lace Alençon Aemilia Ars Argentan Argentella Armenian Burano Filet lace Frisado de Valladolid Greek Halas lace Hedebo embroidery...
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the following departments and towns: Orne (named after the river): Sées, Argentan Calvados: Thury-Harcourt, Saint-André-sur-Orne, Caen, Ouistreham It also...
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hundred thousand German soldiers in the Falaise Pocket between Falaise and Argentan. Patton's strategy with his army favored speed and aggressive offensive...
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towards Falaise, British Second Army under Miles Dempsey to advance towards Argentan, and Patton's Third Army to advance to Alençon. On 11 August, Montgomery...
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movable possessions in England and transported them on several ships to Argentan. Christmas was celebrated at the royal court there, and immediately afterward...
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