Argenteuil | |
The Basilic of Argenteuil | |
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
Administration | |
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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 |
Mayor | Georges Mothron (2020–2026) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 21–167 m (69–548 ft) |
Land area1 | 17.22 km2 (6.65 sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 95018/ 95100 |
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.
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