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 | |
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
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[1] |
Area 1 | 17.22 km2 (6.65 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019)[2] | 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
changeReferences
change- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ↑ "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
Other websites
changeWikimedia Commons has media related to Argenteuil.
- Official website Archived 2009-10-01 at the Wayback Machine (in French)