The district of Argenteuil is a French administrative division , located in the department of the Val-d'Oise and the area Île-de-France. Although located in the Val-d'Oise, department of Large crown, its reduced size and its strong Urbanisation bring it closer to the districts of the Petite crown.

Situation

In the North-West of Paris, the district of Argenteuil is bordering on its two neighbors valdoisiens, the Arrondissement of Sarcelles in the North-East and the Arrondissement of Pontoise in north. In the west, it is bordering on the Arrondissement of Saint-Germain-in-Bush hammer in the Yvelines, in the east of the Arrondissement of Saint-Denis in the Seine-Saint-Denis and in the south, it borders the Arrondissement of Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine).

History

Appeared in the old department of Seine-et-Oise, disappeared on January 1st 1968, the district was created in 1966 by a decree of June 2nd, in preparation for the installation of the department of the Val-d'Oise. It was composed in the beginning of the cantons of Argenteuil-North, Argenteuil-South and of Cormeilles-in-Parisis.

Territory

Of extremely modest size, the district of Argenteuil is spread on part of the Plaine of France and borders a portion of Right Bank of the the Seine before the confluence with the Oise.

The district in the department

The district gathers 19% of the population of the department (census of 1999) on only constitutes 4,25% of its total surface area. With 3.925 inhabitants with the km ² against 887 on average in the department, the population density is there largely higher than that of the remainder of the Val-d'Oise and the area Ile-de-France (957 habitats with the km ² on average).

Composition

The district includes/understands seven communes and seven cantons. However, two administrative divisions necessarily do not overlap. If the cantons of Sannois and Bezons correspond exactly to the communes of the same name, the town of Argenteuil is separate in three cantons, whereas the cantons of Herblay and Cormeilles-in-Parisis gather each one two communes.

Seven cantons

• Canton of Argenteuil-Is, limited to 1 commune: Argenteuil (fraction of commune).

• Canton of Argenteuil-North, limited to 1 commune: Argenteuil (fraction of commune).

• Canton of Argenteuil-West, limited to 1 commune: Argenteuil (fraction of commune).

• Canton of Bezons, limited to 1 commune: Bezons.

• Canton of Cormeilles-in-Parisis, which groups 2 communes: Cormeilles-in-Parisis and Montigny-the-Cormeilles.

• Canton of Herblay, which groups 2 communes: Herblay and the Hoop-on-Seine.

• Canton of Sannois, limited to 1 commune: Sannois.

In the facts, the canton more populated is the canton of Cormeilles-in-Parisis (36 826 inhabitants in 1999), less populated that of Sannois (25 349 inhabitants in 1999) and vastest that of Herblay (14,76 km ²), the least wide that of Bezons (4,16 km ²).

Seven communes

They are the communes of Argenteuil, Bezons, Cormeilles-in-Parisis, Montigny-the-Cormeilles, Herblay, the Hoop-on-Seine and Sannois.

On average, the communes, like the cantons in addition, count 29.980 inhabitants and recover each one 7,5 km ². These figures hide strong disparities however. The most populated commune, Argenteuil, account indeed 93.961 inhabitants in 1999 and the Hoop-on-Seine only 4.378. Argenteuil is the vastest commune of district (17,22 km ²), the smallest Hoop-on-Seine (2.02 km ²). Being the population density, Bezons is densest (6 325 inhabitants with the km ²) and least dense Herblay (1 812 inhabitants with the km ²).

Intercommunality

The district counts a community of communes, a community of agglomeration and a commune except intercommunality. The the Community of communes of Parisis, which gathers six communes, including two in the district of Pontoise and the communes of Cormeilles-in-Parisis, Herblay, the Hoop-on-Seine and Montigny-the-Cormeilles. Argenteuil and Besons are joined together within the Communauté of agglomeration Argenteuil-Bezons. Lastly, Sannois does not belong to any inter-commune structure with clean taxation.

Population and statistics in 1999

Economy, tourism and places of interest

See too

• Cantons of the Val-d'Oise | Common of the Val-d'Oise | Districts of the Val-d'Oise