Argenteuil: Commune in Val-d'Oise, France
Argenteuil is a town northwest of Paris, France.
Argenteuil is a sub-prefecture of the Val-d'Oise department.
Argenteuil | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
 The Basilic of Argenteuil | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
  Argenteuil  Argenteuil | |
| Coordinates: 48°57′00″N 2°15′00″E / 48.9500°N 2.2500°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Val-d'Oise |
| Arrondissement | Argenteuil |
| Canton | Argenteuil-1 Argenteuil-2 Argenteuil-3 |
| Intercommunality | Métropole du Grand Paris EPT Boucle Nord Seine |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Georges Mothron |
| Area 1 | 17.22 km2 (6.65 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2019) | 111,038 |
| • Density | 6,400/km2 (17,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 95018 /95100 |
| Elevation | 21–167 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 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.
Twin towns
References
Other websites
- Official website Archived 2009-10-01 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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