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Auvers-sur-Oise is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 27.2 km (16.9 miles) from the center of Paris.
Its population is 6,938. It is accessible from Paris, via Transilien Paris Nord with a change in Pontoise?, or more conveniently, by car (A15-A115).
There's also a touristic direct train (from and back to Paris) on Sundays from april to october.
The village's main geographic particularity is that it is very narrow, spanning on approximately 6 km from west to east, and only 300m on average from north to south, between the river (Oise) and the limestone cliffs.
The village is also interesting geologically speaking, and even gave its name to an era, the Auversian.
The road going from Pontoise to Persan next to the river is the spine of the village, with the road going towards South through Méry-sur-Oise being the fastest way to Paris.
Although it's located only 30km north of Paris, the village retained its bucolic particularity, its townhouses of the XIXth century and the numerous reminders of its painters.
Its church [1] is internationally famous thanks to Vincent Van Gogh's painting.
Please click through all pins to discover the touristic highlights of Auvers.
A prominent painting by Vincent Van Gogh
Van Gogh lies there, next to his brother Theo.
Van Gogh lived in the Auberge Ravoux for 10 weeks, before commiting suicide in July 1890. You can still visit his room there.
The Chateau de Léry was built in 1633 for an italian banker. Today it is a museum entitled "Journey to the Time of the Impressionists". The park is also quite enjoyable.
This townhouse today serves as Tourism Office.Right next to it are these stairs, painted by Van Gogh:
This museum presents the Absinthe, a liquor that is forbidden since 1915 and which was a muse to many painters of the XIXth century.
More broadly, the museum presents the way of life of artists at the end of the century.
La Maison du Pendu is a famous painting by Paul Cezanne, another painter who spent time in Auvers-sur-Oise
The mairie (city hall), another landmark painted by Vincent Van Gogh.
Paul Gachet was a physician known for supporting the painters of his time. Himself a painter, he was able to understand his patients and shared complex relationships with them. Van Gogh in particular wrote that he deemed Gachet to be as sick as himself. In any case, he painted a portrait of him that would, at one point, become the most expensive painting ever sold.
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