Argenteuil

For other uses, seeArgenteuil (disambiguation).

Argenteuil
Subprefectureandcommune
TheBasilica of Argenteuil
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Argenteuil
Argenteuil Argenteuil
Coordinates:48°56′52″N2°14′56″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
Area 1	17.22 km2(6.65 sq mi)
Population (2021)	107,221
• Density	6,200/km2(16,000/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)
1French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2(0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Argenteuil(French:[aʁʒɑ̃tœj]) is acommunein the northwestern suburbs ofParis,France. It is located 12.3 km (7.6 mi) from thecenter of Paris.Argenteuil is asub-prefectureof theVal-d'Oisedepartment,the seat of thearrondissement of Argenteuil.Argenteuil is part of theMétropole du Grand Paris.

Argenteuil is the fourth most populous commune in the suburbs of Paris (afterBoulogne-Billancourt,Saint-Denis,andMontreuil) and the most populous one in the Val-d'Oise department, although it is not its prefecture, which is shared between the communes ofCergyandPontoise.

Argenteuil shares borders with communes in 3 departements others thanVal d'Oise:theYvelines,Hauts-de-Seine,andSeine-Saint-Denisdepartements.

Name

The name Argenteuil is recorded for the first time in a royalcharterof 697 asArgentoialum,from aLatin/Gaulishrootargentomeaning "silver", "silvery", "shiny", perhaps in reference to the gleaming surface of the riverSeine,on the banks of which Argenteuil is located, and from aGaulish languagesuffix-ialomeaning "clearing, glade" or "place of".

History

Argenteuil was founded as aconventin the 7th century (seePierre Abélardand the Convent of Argenteuil). Themonasterythat arose from the convent was later destroyed during theFrench Revolution.

A rural escape for Parisians, it is now a suburb of Paris. Painters made Argenteuil famous, includingClaude Monet,Eugène Delacroix,Auguste Renoir,Gustave Caillebotte,Alfred SisleyandGeorges Braque.

Transport

Argenteuil is served by two stations on theTransilien Paris-Saint-Lazaresuburban rail line, which areArgenteuilandVal 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.

By 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

Travel by 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

As of 2016,the commune's schools have over 12,000 students. The commune has:

• 30 public preschools (maternelles) and one private elementary school with a preschool
• 26 public and 2 private elementary schools
• 11 junior high schools (collèges) - 10 public and 1 private
• 6 senior high schools/sixth-form colleges:
  • Lycée Georges Braque
  • Lycée Cognacq-Jay
  • Lycée Julie-Victoire Daubié
  • Lycée Jean Jaurès
  • Lycée Fernand et Nadia Léger
  • Ecole nationale des professions de l'automobile(private)

Paris 13 Universityserves as the area university.

The Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental de Musique, Danse et Théâtre is located in Argenteuil.André Bonis one of its former students.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 5,356 — 1800 4,609 −2.12% 1806 4,249 −1.35% 1821 4,423 +0.27% 1831 4,542 +0.27% 1836 4,536 −0.03% 1841 4,377 −0.71% 1846 4,586 +0.94% 1851 4,767 +0.78% 1856 5,857 +4.20% 1861 7,269 +4.41% 1866 8,176 +2.38% 1872 8,389 +0.43% 1876 8,990 +1.74% 1881 11,849 +5.68% 1886 12,809 +1.57% 1891 13,339 +0.81% 1896 15,116 +2.53%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 17,375 +2.82% 1906 19,829 +2.68% 1911 24,282 +4.14% 1921 32,173 +2.85% 1926 44,538 +6.72% 1931 70,657 +9.67% 1936 59,314 −3.44% 1946 53,543 −1.02% 1954 63,316 +2.12% 1962 82,321 +3.34% 1968 90,480 +1.59% 1975 102,530 +1.80% 1982 95,347 −1.03% 1990 93,096 −0.30% 1999 93,961 +0.10% 2007 102,572 +1.10% 2012 104,962 +0.46% 2017 110,210 +0.98%
Source: EHESSand INSEE (1968–2017)

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of Argenteuil in 1999

Born inmetropolitan France	Born outside metropolitan France
77.5%	22.5%
	Born in overseas France	Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth1	EU-15immigrants2	Non-EU-15 immigrants
	2.1%	2.1%	4.3%	14.0%
1This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such aspieds-noirsinNorthwest Africa,followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), as well as to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. A foreign country is understood as a country not part of France in 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics. 2An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also:List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Argenteuil istwinnedwith:

• Alessandria,Italy
• Dessau-Roßlau,Germany
• Hunedoara,Romania
• West Dunbartonshire,Scotland, United Kingdom

Notable people

• Héloïse(c. 1100/01 – 1163/64), nun, philosopher and writer
• Charles Longuet(1839–1903, journalist and socialist activist
• Claude Monet(1840–1926), painter, lived and worked here in 1871–1878
• Georges Braque(1882–1963), painter, sculptor and co-founder ofcubism
• Sidney Duteil(born 1955), musician and television host
• Ingrid Chauvin(born 1971), actress
• Thomas Henry(born 1994), professional footballer
• Franck Béria(born 1983), retired professional footballer and functionary
• Ibrahim Gary(born 1985), karateka
• Fabien Ateba(born 1991), basketball player
• Kevin Mayer(born 1992), athlete, Olympic medalist
• Cécile Pelous,philanthropist and designer
• Laurina Fazer(born 2003), footballer forFrance

Famous paintings of Argenteuil

In his 1872 painting,Springtime,Monet was interested in studying how unblended dabs of color could suggest the effect of brilliant sunlight filtered through leavesTheWalters Art Museum.

• By Claude Monet:

Autumn at Argenteuil,Regatta at Argenteuil,Red Boats, Argenteuil,The Bridge at Argenteuil,The Port at Argenteuil,The Seine at Argenteuil,View of Argenteuil-Snow,Bords de la Seine a Argenteuil,andSnow at Argenteuil. AndTrain in snow at Argenteuil.

• By other painters:

ArgenteuilandSeine near ArgenteuilbyÉdouard Manet,Regatta at ArgenteuilbyPierre-Auguste Renoir,andThe Bridge in ArgenteuilbyGustave Caillebotte.

Gallery

• 
  Claude Monet,The Seine at Argenteuil,1873
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  Pierre-Auguste Renoir,Claude Monet Painting in His Garden at Argenteuil,1873
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  Édouard Manet,The Seine near Argenteuil,1874
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  Claude Monet,The Seine at Argenteuil,1874
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  Édouard Manet,Argenteuil,1875
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  Claude Monet,Bords de la Seine à Argenteuil,1875

See also

• Communes of the Val-d'Oise department

External links

• Official websiteArchived18 January 2022 at theWayback Machine(in French)
• Official facebook(in French)
• Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise(in French)