Arrondissement of Argenteuil explained

Type:	arr
Argenteuil
Insee:	951
Nbcomm:	17
Prefecture:	n
Seat:	Argenteuil
Area:	108.6

The arrondissement of Argenteuil is an arrondissement of France in the Val-d'Oise department in the Île-de-France region. It has 17 communes. Its population is 424,737 (2019), and its area is 108.6km2.^[1]

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Argenteuil, and their INSEE codes, are:^[2]

Argenteuil (95018)
Beauchamp (95051)
Bessancourt (95060)
Bezons (95063)
Cormeilles-en-Parisis (95176)
Eaubonne (95203)
Ermont (95219)
Franconville (95252)
Frépillon (95256)
La Frette-sur-Seine (95257)
Herblay-sur-Seine (95306)
Montigny-lès-Cormeilles (95424)
Pierrelaye (95488)
Le Plessis-Bouchard (95491)
Saint-Leu-la-Forêt (95563)
Sannois (95582)
Taverny (95607)

History

The arrondissement of Argenteuil was created in 1966 as part of the department Seine-et-Oise.^[3] In 1968 it became part of the new department Val-d'Oise.^[4] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Val-d'Oise, it received 10 communes from the arrondissement of Pontoise.^[5]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Argenteuil were, as of January 2015:^[6]

Argenteuil-Est
Argenteuil-Nord
Argenteuil-Ouest
Bezons
Cormeilles-en-Parisis
Herblay
Sannois

Notes and References

Web site: Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2022. 11 January 2023. INSEE.
Web site: Arrondissement d’Argenteuil (951). 2019-10-05. INSEE.
http://splaf.free.fr/78o.html Ancien département : la Seine-et-Oise
http://splaf.free.fr/95his.html Historique du Val-d'Oise
Web site: Arrêté préfectoral, 30 December 2016. 42–48. 2019-10-29.
Web site: Populations légales 2012: 95 Val-d'Oise. December 2014. INSEE.