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ARGENTEUIL

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 460 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARGENTEUIL , a See also:

town of See also:northern See also:France in the See also:department of See also:Seine-et-See also:Oise, on the Seine, 5 M. N.W. of the fortifications of See also:Paris by the railway from Paris to Mantes. Pop. (1906) 17,330. Argenteuil See also:grew up See also:round a monastery, which, dating from A.D. 656, was by See also:Charlemagne changed into a nunnery; it was afterwards famous for its connexion with HeloIse (see See also:ABELARD), and on her See also:expulsion in 1129 was again turned into a monastery. See also:Asparagus, See also:figs, and See also:wine of See also:medium quality are grown in the See also:district; and heavy See also:iron goods, chemical products, clocks and See also:plaster are among the manufactures.

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