Auvers-sur-Oise

Auvers-sur-Oise
region	Île-de-France
Department	Val d'Oise
Arrondissement	Pontoise
Canton	Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône
Community association	Sausseron Impressionnistes
Coordinates	49 ° 4 ′ N , 2 ° 10 ′ E Coordinates: 49 ° 4 ′ N , 2 ° 10 ′ E
height	21-111 m
surface	12.69 km 2
Residents	6,908 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	544 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	95430
INSEE code	95039
Website	www.auvers-sur-oise.com
	; town hall

Auvers-sur-Oise is a French municipality with 6908 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Val-d'Oise in the region of Ile-de-France .

geography

The place is 35 kilometers northwest of the city center of Paris on the right bank of the Oise between Pontoise and Butry-sur-Oise . The municipality is part of the Vexin français Regional Nature Park .

traffic

Auvers-sur-Oise is on the Pontoise - Persan-Beaumont - Creil railway line

history

Parish Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

The origins of the settlement of Auvers can be proven by relevant archaeological finds as far back as the Bronze Age . From the Celtic-Roman times there was a bridge over the Oise, which connected the neighboring Pontoise with the region of Beaumont-les-Nonains. Around 885 the Normans destroyed the bridge, plundered Auvers and drove the inhabitants away. Philippe, the eldest son of King Ludwig VI. , died in a riding accident near Auvers in 1131. As a reminder, the king had a chapel built in Auvers. At the end of the 13th century there were two churches in Auvers, Saint Martin and Saint Nicolas, but they no longer exist today.

During the Hundred Years War in 1356, the English threatened the Auvers area for the first time. In 1441, much of the population fled when the country was devastated by wandering troops. During the Huguenot Wars , German mercenaries again plundered and destroyed the Auvers area. At the end of the 16th century the population had decreased by two thirds. It was only forty years later that the old population could be reached again. In 1633, the Italian banker Lioni bought property in Auvers in order to build a castle there. In 1648, 1651, 1658 and 1757 the area was hit by major floods.

On June 14, 1846, the connection to the railway network took place and on November 16, 1862, today's town hall was inaugurated. During the Franco-Prussian War , the road and railway bridges were blown up on September 14, 1870 in order to stop the German advance.

Attractions

The well-known motifs that Vincent van Gogh painted are among the sights in Auvers . In addition to the Romanesque church Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption (12th century) and the town hall, the house of Doctor Gachet and the L'Auberge Ravoux , where van Gogh died, have been preserved. His grave and that of his brother Theo are in the local cemetery, northeast of the church. The simple graves are located directly on the northern cemetery wall. Today an exhibition on the painters of impressionism is housed in the castle of Auvers . Another small museum in Auvers is dedicated to the cultural history of absinthe .

Van Gogh: Auvers Town Hall
Tombs of Vincent Van Gogh and his brother Theo
Guest house L'Auberge Ravoux

Artist in Auvers

After being connected to the railway network, many Parisians came to the Oise valley for shore excursions and boat tours from the Saint-Lazare train station. In addition to the writers Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre and Alphonse de Lamartine , it was the painter Charles-François Daubigny who looked for motifs in the Auvers landscape in the early 1860s. For this purpose, he had a studio boat built to paint the surroundings from the river. He was later followed by Cézanne and Pissarro , who lived with Dr. Paul Gachet were friends. The art dealer Theo van Gogh brought his brother Vincent to Dr. Gachet. Vincent van Gogh stayed at L'Auberge Ravoux for just 70 days before shooting himself in the chest on July 27th. He died of his injuries two days later and was buried in the Auvers cemetery. During his short stay in Auvers, 70 paintings were created. Today a sculpture by the sculptor Ossip Zadkine commemorates Vincent van Gogh. The artists who subsequently came to Auvers include Henri Rousseau , Maximilien Luce , Maurice de Vlaminck, and Otto Freundlich and his partner Jeanne Kosnick-Kloss , who is also buried in the local cemetery.