🇫🇷 Argenteuil is a commune in the north-western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 12.3 km from the centre of Paris. Argenteuil is a sub-prefecture of the Val-d'Oise department, the seat of the arrondissement of Argenteuil. Argenteuil is part of the Métropole du Grand Paris.
Argenteuil is the fourth most populous commune in the suburbs of Paris (after Boulogne-Billancourt, Saint-Denis, and Montreuil) 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.
Argenteuil shares borders with communes in 3 departements others than Val d'Oise: the Yvelines, Hauts-de-Seine and Seine-Saint-Denis departements.
History 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 later destroyed during the French Revolution.
A rural escape for Parisians, it is now a suburb of Paris. Painters made Argenteuil famous, including Claude Monet, Eugène Delacroix, Auguste Renoir, Gustave Caillebotte, Alfred Sisley and Georges Braque.
Transport Argenteuil is served by two stations on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line, which are Argenteuil and Val d'Argenteuil.
Since redeveloped by STIF and SNCF, Argenteuil has been equipped with the new Paris-Saint-Lazare-Ermont-Eaubonne line. The new line was launched in 2006, adding the Paris-Saint Lazare / Cormeilles-en-Parisis - Pontoise / Mantes-la-Jolie service to Paris for about ten minutes.
Transport: Bus 361 Gare d'Argenteuil à Gare de Pierrefitte - Stains RER; 140 Gare d'Argenteuil - Asnières-Gennevilliers - Gabriel Péri; 164 Argenteuil - Claude Monet College - Porte de Champerret; By train: Gare d'Argenteuil (SNCF-J): Paris Saint-Lazare in 15 minutes and Colombes in 4 minutes
Gare Saint-Gratien (T-8): Porte Maillot in 22 minutes
Épinay Orgemont (T-8): Gare Saint-Denis in 20 minutes
Car: City centre: 10 minutes; Paris Saint-Lazare: 25 minutes
La Défense: 20 minutes; Colombes: 10 minutes; la Plaine-Saint-Denis: 18 minutes; Porte de Clichy: 15 minutes;
Education Paris 13 University serves as the area university.
The Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental de Musique, Danse et Théâtre is located in Argenteuil. André Bon is one of its former students.
Argenteuil has a population of over 110,213 people. Argenteuil also forms the centre of the wider Argenteuil Arrondissement which has a population of over 424,737 people. It is also a part of the larger Val-d'Oise Département.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Argenteuil has links with:
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🇫🇷 Villepinte 48.955
🇫🇷 Épinay-sur-Seine 48.955
🇫🇷 Châlons-en-Champagne 48.956
🇫🇷 Deuil-la-Barre 48.976
🇨🇿 České Budějovice 48.976
🇫🇷 Le Blanc-Mesnil 48.939
🇫🇷 Sartrouville 48.937
🇫🇷 Saint-Denis 48.936
🇺🇦 Sievierodonetsk 48.933
🇸🇰 Spišská Nová Ves 48.933
🇫🇷 Aubervilliers 48.917
🇺🇦 Lysychansk 48.917
🇫🇷 Pithiviers 2.251
🇫🇷 Courbevoie 2.253
🇫🇷 Boulogne-Billancourt 2.255
🇫🇷 Saint-Omer 2.261
🇫🇷 Neuilly-sur-Seine 2.269
🇫🇷 Issy-les-Moulineaux 2.273
Locations Near: Argenteuil 2.24506,48.9421
🇫🇷 Colombes 2.252,48.924 d: 2.1
🇫🇷 Courbevoie 2.253,48.898 d: 5
🇫🇷 Asnières-sur-Seine 2.289,48.911 d: 4.7
🇫🇷 Neuilly-sur-Seine 2.269,48.888 d: 6.2
🇫🇷 Nanterre 2.209,48.891 d: 6.3
🇫🇷 Levallois-Perret 2.287,48.895 d: 6.1
🇫🇷 Épinay-sur-Seine 2.309,48.955 d: 4.9
🇫🇷 Sartrouville 2.164,48.937 d: 5.9
Antipodal to: Argenteuil -177.755,-48.942
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🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16107.1
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16072.6
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15699.6
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12056.1
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 11985.9
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 11974.4
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 11968.7