Vétheuil

Vétheuil
Notre-Dame Notre-Dame
Coat of arms of Vétheuil Coat of arms
Vétheuil
Location within Île-de-France region Vétheuil
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-d'Oise
Arrondissement	Pontoise
Canton	Magny-en-Vexin
Intercommunality	Vexin Val de Seine
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Dominique Herpin-Poulenat
Area1	4.30 km2 (1.66 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	881
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	95651 / 95510
Elevation	9–150 m (30–492 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Vétheuil is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. Vétheuil is located in the arrondissement of Pontoise in the Val-d'Oise department.

Personalities

Impressionist painter Claude Monet lived in Vétheuil from 1878 to 1881, during which time he produced some 150 paintings. Joan Mitchell moved to Vetheuil in 1959 where she productively made many abstract works.

See also

• Communes of the Val-d'Oise department

References

• INSEE
• Association of Mayors of the Val d’Oise (French)

External links

• Official website (French)
• Mérimée database - Cultural heritage (French)
• Land use (IAURIF) (English)

File:Claude Monet Vétheuil sur Seine 1880.jpg

Claude Monet: Vétheuil-sur-Seine