Argentan is in the Orne department in Lower Normandy.
Argentan is some distance south of Caen and the D-Day beaches. Falaise, around which a major battle was fought during World War II, is about halfway between Caen and Argentan. As part of that battle, American forces took Argentan.
- Museum of the Argentan Lace.
Museum of the Argentan Lace.