ARQUES-LA-BATAILLE, village of northern France, in the department of Seine-Inf erieure, 4m. S.E. of Dieppe by the Western railway. Pop. (1931), 2,26o. Argues is situated near the confluence of the rivers Varenne and Bethune ; the forest of Argues stretches to the north-east. The castle, built in the I i th century, was regarded as a menace by William the Conqueror, who besieged and occupied it. It later came into the possession of the English, who were expelled in 1449 after an occupation of thirty years. In 1589 its cannon decided the battle of Arques in favour of Henry IV. Since 1869 the castle has been state property.