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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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