Asnières-sur-Seine is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seinedepartment and Île-de-Franceregion of north-central France. It lies on the left bank of the river Seine, some eight kilometres from the centre of Paris in the north-western suburbs of the French capital.

Sights

The town includes many monuments listed in the general inventory of the cultural heritage of France.

• The Alcazar , rue de la Station  : One of the first suburbs devoted to art cinema .
• The cemetery of the Dogs . The first of its kind, it was created in 1899 on the former Île des Ravageurs, next to the Clichy bridge . There are not only dogs, cats, birds but also horses, lions, monkeys, etc.
• The castle of Asnières  : built from 1750 to 1752 for the Marquis d’Argenson , the castle of Asnières was built on the site of a former castle that belonged to the Countess of Parabère, mistress of the Regent. 
• The Sainte-Geneviève church in Asnières-sur-Seine  : a building consecrated in 1711 at a time when the city had only a few hundred inhabitants. The facade, the gallery and the aisles were rebuilt in 1929 .
• Lisch station , better known under the name of Carbonnets station  : built in 1878 , this former landing stage of the Champ-de-Mars in Paris was built for the Universal Exhibition of 1878 .
• The monument to the dead in the Place Aristide-Briand , one of the eleven remaining dedicated to the memory of the dead of the war of 1870 . It is a work of the architect Cousteix and the sculptor Auguste Maillard.
• The new town hall dating from 1899. The interior decoration is by Paul Signac.
• The Church of Saint-Joseph-des-Quatre-Routes, near the crossroads of the same name .
• The Villa des Roses , built in 1882.

Asnières and painting 

Many artists, mainly impressionists, painted Asnières and its banks: Emile Bernard, Claude Monet , Auguste Renoir , Georges Seurat , Paul Signac , Vincent van Gogh , etc.

• Vincent Van Gogh painted many paintings in Asnières, including Le restaurant de la Sirène in Asnières , Le Pont d’Asnières , Le Pont sur la Seine in Asnières , Usine d’Asnières , Floating house on the Seine in Asnières , Entrance to the park Voyer-d’Argenson in Asnières , View of Voyer d’Argenson Park in Asnières , Parade of Couples in Voyer d’Argenson Park in Asnières , Path in Voyer d’Argenson Park in Asnières , Corner of Voyer d’Argenson Park in Asnières , as well as Usines à Asnières, seen from the Quai de Clichy, painted from Clichy. These paintings were painted in 1887 and are known in English as en: Asnières (Van Gogh series) .
• The Château d’Asnières hosts exhibitions, for example the 1972/2009 retrospective exhibition by Dominique Mulhem.