Argenteuil

Coordinates: 48°57′00″N 2°15′00″E / 48.9500°N 2.2500°E / 48.9500; 2.2500
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Argenteuil
The Basilic of Argenteuil
Coat of arms of Argenteuil
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Argenteuil
Map
Argenteuil is located in France
Argenteuil
Argenteuil
Argenteuil is located in Île-de-France (region)
Argenteuil
Argenteuil
Coordinates: 48°57′00″N 2°15′00″E / 48.9500°N 2.2500°E / 48.9500; 2.2500
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentVal-d'Oise
ArrondissementArgenteuil
CantonArgenteuil-1
Argenteuil-2
Argenteuil-3
IntercommunalityMétropole du Grand Paris
EPT Boucle Nord Seine
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Georges Mothron[1]
Area
1
17.22 km2 (6.65 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
111,038
 • Density6,400/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
95018 /95100
Elevation21–167 m (69–548 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Argenteuil is a town northwest of Paris, France. Argenteuil is a sub-prefecture of the Val-d'Oise department.

Argenteuil is the second most populated town in the suburbs of Paris (after Boulogne-Billancourt) and the most populated commune in the Val-d'Oise department; however it is not the prefecture. Its population is about 94,000 (1999).

Claude Monet painted things in Argenteuil many times.

La Seine à Argenteuil, Claude Monet 1874

Twin towns[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.

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