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argentan (dict)
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Argentan
colspan="2" style="padding: 0.3em; border: 1px solid #8888aa; border-right-width: 2px; background: #ece5ca; text-align: center"| Arrondissement of
Villeneuve-l'Archevque | | Rgion | align=center| France | | Dpartement | align=center| Basse-Normandie/Lower Normandy | | Communes | align=center| 226 (arrondissement) | | Cantons | align=center| 17 | | Population | align=center| 119,446
(1999) | | Area | align=center| 2,432 km²ha
= 243,200 hakm2 | | Density: | align=center| 49.11/km² | Argentan is a commune, a canton and an arrondissement of the Orne dpartement, in France. It is located 180 km NE of Rennes, 131 km ENE of Le-Mont-Saint-Michel, 188 km SE of Cherbourg, 58 km SSE of Caen, 133 km SW of Rouen and 100 km N of Le Mans. Persons Sites of interest History Site of the battle of Argentan in 1944 during the Second World War. It was the last successfull use of blitzkrieg tactic by Nazi Germany. Arrondissement of Argentan Here are 17 cantons of the arrondissement:
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