Argenteuil
Argenteuil | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
The Basilic of Argenteuil | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
Location of Argenteuil | |
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[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 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.
Social Housing
In June 2025, the demolition and reconstruction of the "Château" social housing building in the Val-Notre-Dame district is part of a vast urban renewal project.[3]
Twin towns
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "In Argenteuil, the Cité du Château, a symbol of poor housing, is disappearing from the landscape". Le Parisien. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
Other websites
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Argenteuil.
- Official website Archived 2009-10-01 at the Wayback Machine (in French)