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Argentan

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Argentan

French town in the département of Orne, Normandy, on the River Orne; population (1990) 17,000. The town is a centre for horse-breeding and leather production.

Argentan was severely damaged during the fighting in Normandy in 1944. Surviving buildings include two 15th-century churches.



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Saving your presence, the ladies of the town have created an institution to protect poor creatures from destroying their infants, like that handsome Faustine of Argentan who was executed for it three years ago.
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