Port

Auvers

Name: Auvers
Address: Méry-sur-Oise, FR

2.8Méry-sur-Oise, FranceSeine and Paris

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Type: Harbour

Simple river mooring on the right bank of the Oise at PK 20,4, between Mery-sur-Oise and the bridge of Auvers-sur-Oise.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

On the navigable Oise, downstream of the lock of L'Isle-Adam. Moor alongside the quay near the road bridge, with room for two boats or three if carefully arranged. The berth closest to the bridge is less ideal but stays quiet. No services at the pontoon.

Practical

No water, no electricity, no fuel, though there is a bin in the adjoining park. Short-stay mooring used mainly to visit Auvers on foot. Shops and restaurants in Auvers village centre at 10 minutes walk.

Ashore

Auvers-sur-Oise village centre at 700 m. Maison de Van Gogh at the Auberge Ravoux, where the painter died in 1890, 900 m from the mooring. Church of Notre-Dame d'Auvers, subject of Van Gogh's 1890 painting now at the Musee d'Orsay, 1 km. Graves of Vincent and Theo van Gogh in the communal cemetery at 1,3 km. Chateau d'Auvers and its gardens at 1,2 km.

History

Auvers-sur-Oise drew Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters from the 1860s. Charles-Francois Daubigny settled here in 1861 and welcomed Corot, Daumier, Cezanne and Pissarro. Vincent van Gogh spent the last 70 days of his life in Auvers in 1890 and painted over 75 canvases there.