Argenteuil
| Argenteuil | ||
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The Pont d'Argenteuil over the River Seine
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 Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs |
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| Coordinates: 48°57′00″N 2°15′00″E / 48.9500°N 2.2500°ECoordinates: 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 | |
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Métropole du Grand Paris EPT Boucle Nord de Seine |
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| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Georges Mothron (UMP) | |
| Area1 | 17.22 km2 (6.65 sq mi) | |
| Population (2013)2 | 106,817 | |
| • Density | 6,200/km2 (16,000/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 95018 / 95100 | |
| Elevation | 21–167 m (69–548 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Argenteuil (French pronunciation: [aʁʒɑ̃tœj]) is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 12.3 km (7.6 mi) from the center of Paris. Argenteuil is a sub-prefecture of the Val-d'Oise department, the seat of the arrondissement of Argenteuil.
Argenteuil is the second most populous commune in the suburbs of Paris (after Boulogne-Billancourt) and the most populous one in the Val-d'Oise department, although it is not its prefecture, which is shared between the communes of Cergy and Pontoise.
The name Argenteuil is recorded for the first time in a royal charter of 697 as Argentoialum, from a Latin/Gaulish root argento meaning "silver", "silvery", "shiny", perhaps in reference to the gleaming surface of the river Seine, on the banks of which Argenteuil is located, and from a Celtic suffix -ialo meaning "clearing, glade" or "place of".
Argenteuil was founded as a convent in the 7th century (see Pierre Abélard and the Convent of Argenteuil). The monastery that arose from the convent was destroyed during the French Revolution.
A rural escape for Parisians, it is now a suburb of Paris. Painters made Argenteuil famous, including Claude Monet, Jean-Étienne Delacroix, Auguste Renoir, Gustave Caillebotte, Alfred Sisley and Georges Braque.
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