Place details
Place nameArgenteuil
Other namesArgenteuil-sur-Seine, Argentolum ad Sequanam
CountryFrance
Latitude48.95
Longitude2.25
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Silver deposits here were exploited by Gauls; town was destroyed by Normans, but rebuilt; convent here was endowed by Charlemagne; was famous in the 12th century for abbess Héloïse, of the tragic Héloïse-Abelard romance; currently a residential area.