Écouen () is a
commune in the
Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the ÃŽle-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.[< ...]
department, in the northern suburbs of
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
, France. It is located from the
center of Paris. The 19th-century poet and playwright
Pierre-Joseph Charrin (1784–1863) died in Écouen. The artist
Louis Théophile Hingre lived and worked in Écouen.
Écouen houses the
Château d'Écouen
The Château d'Écouen is an historic château in the commune of Écouen, some 20 km north of Paris, France, and a notable example of French Renaissance architecture. Since 1975, it has housed the collections of the Musée national de la Re ...
, home of the
Montmorency family. This château, built during the
Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...
, houses the
Musée national de la Renaissance, the largest Renaissance museum in France.
Population
Transport
Écouen is served by
Écouen – Ézanville station on the
Transilien Paris – Nord suburban rail line. This station is located at the border between the commune of Écouen and the commune of
Ézanville, on the Ézanville side of the border.
See also
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Communes of the Val-d'Oise department
The following is a list of the 183 Communes of France, communes of the Val-d'Oise Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
External links
Tourism office board
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Association of Mayors of the Val d'OiseMusée National de la Renaissance
Communes of Val-d'Oise
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