Editing Argences (section)

== History ==
In 989, [[Richard I of Normandy]] donated land to the Abbey of [[Fécamp]] for the [[curate]]s of [[Mondeville, Calvados|Mondeville]] and Argences. From that date, the domain of Mondeville was managed as an ecclesiastical fief by the Barony of Argences. During the ducal era the wines of Argences were highly regarded.<ref>Jean Renaud, ''The Vikings and Normandy'', éditions Ouest-France université, 1989. {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

In 1912, the large tile factory at Fresne built a railway line 4&nbsp;km long connecting Argences to Moult-Argences Station in Moult on the [[Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway|Paris-Cherbourg line]]. The line from Argences was closed in 1931 and the nearest station is now Moult-Argences ([[TER Basse-Normandie]]).

On 16 April 1942, a group of [[French Resistance|resistance]] fighters derailed a [[Maastricht]]-[[Cherbourg]] train two kilometres from Moult-Argences station in [[Airan]] commune causing 28 dead and 19 wounded - all German soldiers. On 30 April of that year, in revenge for German retaliation, a new derailment of the same train killed 10 German soldiers and wounded 22 others.<ref>[http://politique-auschwitz.blogspot.fr/2010/05/le-double-deraillement-de-moult-argence.html ''The double derailment at Moult-Argences and the hostages of Calvados''], Claudine Cardon-Hamet {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

===Heraldry===
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|img1=Blason Argences.svg
|legend1=Arms of Argences
|text=

'''Blazon:'''<br/>
''Gules, 3 laurel branches Vert, 1 pale in chief, 2 stems in base saltirewise between 3 mitres of Or the fanons of the one in base debruised by the laurel leaves.''
}}