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    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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    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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    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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