Location

Auvers is located on the right (west) bank of the river Oise. To the south, it is connected to Méry-sur-Oise by a bridge.

Localities

• Chaponval
• Cordeville (from Corbeville)
• Le Montcel (from Monsellus, small mountain)
• Les Vaissenots or Vessenots
• Le Valhermeil (from Val Hermer, name of the owner during the 12th century)
• Les Vallées

Monuments

The creation of the church dates back to the 11th century. Louis VI le Gros (1081-1137) owned a manor in Auvers, where he often used to come to hunt. In 1131 his son, Philippe, who was the crown prince, accidentally fell from his horse and died. A chapel was erected for his burial place and this subsequently became the church Notre-Dame de l'Assomption: in 1915 it was listed as a historic monument. Together with the royal manor, they represent a major historical piece of the heritage of the city, where many famous painters came during the 19th century, such as Daubigny, Bourges, Bernard, Pearce, Bastard, Boggio or Wickenden.

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  Church Notre-Dame de l'Assomption
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  Croix du Montcel
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  Statue of Charles-François Daubigny

Museums

• The musée Daubigny, located in the Colombières manor, was created in 1986 by the Tourist Office. The museum owns about a hundred works by Daubigny, such as paintings, drawings and engravings. The artist arrived in Auvers in the 1860s and stayed there for 18 years. He had a workshop boat called the "Botin", where he used to paint fluvial landscapes and sailed with his son, Karl. Then, many of his friends also came to Auvers to paint the landscapes. The museum mainly deals with pre-Impressionism. It has been a municipal museum since 2012.
• The musée de l'absinthe (Absinthe museum), located on the street rue Callé, deals with the history of the drink.

Van Gogh

Dr. Paul Gachet lived in Auvers-sur-Oise. He was acquainted with the avant-garde artists of the time. Through this connection, Vincent van Gogh moved to Auvers to be treated by him, though he considered the doctor to be in a worse state than himself. Gachet befriended Van Gogh and was the subject of two portraits, one of which, Portrait of Dr. Gachet, was sold at auction for over $80m (£48m) in 1990.^[6]

Van Gogh died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. The room on the upper floor of the Auberge Ravoux where he died has been preserved, although no furniture remains. The Institut Van Gogh owns Auberge Ravoux, organizes the visits of Van Gogh's room and has opened a restaurant in the dining room.^[7] Auvers-sur-Oise is the final resting place of both Vincent and his brother Theo van Gogh, who died six months later.^[6]

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  L'Auberge Ravoux, where Vincent van Gogh spent his final months and where he died. It is now a restaurant.
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  View from the staircase leading up to Van Gogh's room in L'Auberge Ravoux
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  Vincent and Theo van Gogh's graves in Auvers-sur-Oise.

• Auvers-sur-Oise in art
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  Church of Auvers-sur-Oise by Vincent van Gogh
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  Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh
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  Wheat Field with Crows, one of Van Gogh's last paintings
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  Daubigny's Garden, possibly Van Gogh's final painting
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  Camille Pissarro,
  A Cowherd at Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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  Charles Joseph Beauverie, Auvers-sur-Oise (Bâteau lavoir à Auvers), ca.1870
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  Frédéric Samuel Cordey, Ruelle à Auvers sur Oise, circa 1903
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  Paul Cézanne, View of Auvers-sur-Oise, 1873–75