Editing Arganchy

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{{Short description|Commune in Normandy, France}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Arganchy
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = FranceNormandieArganchyEglise.jpg
|caption                = The Church of Sainte-Radegonde
|arrondissement         = Bayeux
|canton                 = Bayeux
|INSEE                  = 14019
|postal code            = 14400
|mayor                  = Daniel Avoine<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = [[Communauté de communes de Bayeux Intercom|Bayeux Intercom]]
|coordinates            = {{coord|49.2367|-0.7406|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 40
|elevation min m        = 33
|elevation max m        = 81
|area km2               = 7.07
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Arganchy''' ({{IPA|fr|aʁɡɑ̃ʃi|-|Fr-Arganchy.ogg}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Calvados (department)|Calvados]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Normandy (administrative region)|Normandy]] [[Regions of France|region]] of northwestern [[France]].

==Geography==
Arganchy is located in the area of [[Bessin]] in the valley of the Gourguichon Stream some 6.5&nbsp;km south-west of [[Bayeux]] and 7&nbsp;km north-east of [[Castillon, Calvados|Castillon]]. Access to the commune is by the D192 road from [[Subles]] in the west passing through the commune north of the village and continuing east to join National Highway N13 east of [[Monceaux-en-Bessin]]. The village is reached by the country road ''L'Eglise'' running off the D192. The D572 highway runs through the north-western corner of the commune with an exit onto the D192 at Subles. Apart from the village there are also the hamlets of La Mauvielle, Saint-Amator, La Petite Flague, and Les Feffes in the commune. The commune is entirely farmland.<ref name=Google>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Arganchy/@49.2224037,-0.7269113,6028m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x480bad0443e5cf6b:0xb01cb1aa9edd85ee?hl=en Google Maps]</ref>

The Cayennes Stream flows from the south to join the Gourgichon Stream east of the village which flows west to join the Drôme at Aprigny ([[Agy]]).<ref name=Google/>

{{Geographic location
| title = '''Neighbouring communes and villages'''<ref name=Google/>
|width=auto
|Centre    = Arganchy
|North     = [[Guéron]]
|Northeast = [[Monceaux-en-Bessin]]
|East      = [[Ellon, Calvados|Ellon]]
|Southeast = [[Juaye-Mondaye]]
|South     = [[Trungy]]
|Southwest = [[Noron-la-Poterie]]
|West      = [[Subles]]
|Northwest = [[Ranchy]]
}}

==Toponymy==
The name ''Arganchy'' appears as ''Archenceium'' in 1198.<ref name="DauzatRostaing">Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, ''Etymylogical Dictionary of place names in France'', Larousse, Paris, 1963 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

The origin of the name is attributed to the [[anthroponym]] ''Argentius'': [[Latin]] according to René Lepelley<ref>René Lepelley, ''Etymological Dictionary of commune names in Normandy'', Éditions Charles Corlet, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996, {{ISBN|978-2-905461-80-3}}, p. 50 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> or [[Gaulish language|Gaulish]] according to [[Albert Dauzat]] and [[Charles Rostaing]].<ref name="DauzatRostaing"/>

==History==
In 1829 Arganchy (with 285 inhabitants in 1821) absorbed Saint-Amator (with 52 inhabitants) east of its territory.<ref>{{Cassini-Ehess|1176|Arganchy}}</ref><ref>{{Cassini-Ehess|30335|Saint-Amator}}</ref>

==Administration==
{{incomplete list|date=April 2021}}
'''List of Successive Mayors'''<ref>[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=18580 List of Mayors of France] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From !! To !! Name !! Party 
|-
|  || 2001 || Geneviève Michel ||  
|-
| 2001 || 2008 || Claudine Dalmassie ||  
|-
| 2008 || 2026 || Daniel Avoine || [[Independent (politician)|ind.]] 
|}

The council is composed of eleven members including the mayor and two deputy mayors.

==Population==
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Arganchois'' or ''Arganchoises'' in French.<ref>[https://www.habitants.fr/calvados-14 Le nom des habitants du 14 - Calvados], habitants.fr</ref>

{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-14019#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |201
|1975 |135
|1982 |170
|1990 |218
|1999 |230
|2007 |225
|2012 |236
|2017 |227
}}

==Economy==
At a place called ''La Grande Abbaye'' there is a natural camping ground.

==Sites and Monuments==
*The '''Parish church of Saint-Radegonde''' dates from the 17th century. It contains three items which are registered as historical objects:
**A [[Church tabernacle|Tabernacle]] (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM14000088|PM14000088 Tabernacle}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
**A [[Retable]] (1670-1680){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM14000010|PM14000010 Retable}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
**An [[Altar]], Tabernacle, and Retable (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM14000009|PM14000009 Altar, Tabernacle, and Retable}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*A '''[[Lavoir]]''' (Public laundry): a concert venue (for the choir).
*'''La Forte Main''', north of Saint-Amator, where counterfeit coins were once made.

==See also==
*[[Communes of the Calvados department]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=-0.7406,49.2367&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Arganchy on Géoportail], [[Institut géographique national|National Geographic Institute]] (IGN) website {{in lang|fr}}
*[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=49.2367&lon=-0.7406&zoom=13 ''Arganchy'' on the 1750 Cassini Map]

{{Commons category|Arganchy}}
{{Calvados communes}}

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[[Category:Communes of Calvados (department)]]