Every design for Argenteuil

Along the Seine at Argenteuil, the light on the water is the light Claude Monet came here to paint, and the town's oldest name, Argentoialum, grew from a root meaning "silver", a fitting word for that gleaming river. Monet was not alone: Renoir, Caillebotte, Sisley and Delacroix all painted here, and Georges Braque was born in the town.

Argenteuil lies on the right bank of the Seine in the north-western suburbs of Paris, with the river running along its whole southern edge. It borders three other departments as well as its own Val-d'Oise, and climbs from the riverbank towards the hills of the Parisis. Once farmland and vineyards and a rural escape for Parisians, it industrialised and grew into the most populous commune in the Val-d'Oise. The remains of the Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame d'Argenteuil recall the convent where it all began.

If you learned to ride a bike along the river, or still take the train home from Paris-Saint-Lazare to Argenteuil, this map is yours to wear.