The Route nationale 14, ''N14'', is a trunk road (
nationale) in
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
between Paris and
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...
, running through
Pontoise
Pontoise () is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the " new town" of Cergy-Pontoise.
Administration
Pontoise is the official ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-d'Oise ''dépa ...
,
Magny-en-Vexin,
Saint-Clair-sur-Epte
Saint-Clair-sur-Epte (, literally ''Saint-Clair on Epte'') is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is situated on the river Epte, 10 km southwest of Gisors.
The treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in 9 ...
and
Fleury-sur-Andelle
Fleury-sur-Andelle (; nrf, Flleury-sus-Aundelle) is a commune in the Eure department, in the region of Normandy, northern France.
Population
International relations
It is twinned with East Goscote, Leicestershire.
See also
*Communes of the E ...
. Until the 1950s, it was going until
Le Havre
Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very cl ...
through
Yvetot
Yvetot () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. It is the capital of the Caux region.
History
The name Yvetot comes from the Germanic ''Yvo'' and the Old Norse ''-topt''. Therefore, Yvetot means ...
.
Route
Paris to Pontoise, km 0 to km 32
The N14 begins at Paris'
Porte de Clignancourt (Paris Métro)
Porte de Clignancourt () is a station of the Paris Métro, the northern terminus of line 4, situated in the 18th Arrondissement.
Location
The station is located under Boulevard Ornano at the Porte de Clignancourt.
History
The station was opene ...
. It heads north and has now been classified the RD14 as it heads through Paris' northern suburbs. The road passes to the west of
Saint-Denis. The road crosses the
A86 autoroute
A86 (sometimes called "Paris super-périphérique") is the second ring road around Paris, France. It follows an irregular path around Paris with the distance from the city centre ( Notre Dame) varying in the range. The south-western section ...
and meets the banks of the River
Seine
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. The road then turns Northwest to
Épinay-sur-Seine
Épinay-sur-Seine (, literally ''Épinay on Seine'') is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. The church of Notre-Dame-des-Missions-du-cygne d'Enghien, designed by Paul Tournon, may be found ...
where the road becomes the RD14 again where through traffic is directed onto the A15 autoroute. The old N14 is then named Boulevard Charles de Gaulle which becomes the Boulevard du Havre.
Following this, the road runs through various towns in
Val d'Oise
Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-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. , such as
Pierrelaye
Pierrelaye () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Pierrelaye station has rail connections to Pontoise and Paris.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Val-d'Oise department
The following is a list o ...
, then crosses the River
Oise
Oise ( ; ; pcd, Oése) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,419 ...
where it enters the city of
Pontoise
Pontoise () is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the " new town" of Cergy-Pontoise.
Administration
Pontoise is the official ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-d'Oise ''dépa ...
. The D14 continues West where it merges with the
A15 autoroute
The autoroute A15 is an autoroute in the western suburbs of Paris, France.
The motorway starts at Gennevilliers in Hauts-de-Seine and ends in Cergy-Pontoise in Val d'Oise. The A15 was built to relieve the congested RN14 between Paris and the C ...
at
Osny
Osny () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s.
Population
Transportation
Osny is served by ...
and becomes the N14 again, leaving ''Paris'' and entering ''le Vexin Français''.
Pontoise to Rouen, km 32 to km 124
The route followed by the N14 between Pontoise and Rouen is linear. Except at
Saint-Clair-sur-Epte
Saint-Clair-sur-Epte (, literally ''Saint-Clair on Epte'') is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is situated on the river Epte, 10 km southwest of Gisors.
The treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in 9 ...
where a sharp downward gradient brings the road to the level of the River
Epte
The Epte () is a river in Seine-Maritime and Eure, in Normandy, France. It is a right tributary of the Seine, long. The river rises in Seine-Maritime in the Pays de Bray, near Forges-les-Eaux. The river empties into the Seine not far from Givern ...
, it course follows Caesar's Road, or Chaussée Jules César, from beginning to end. After the bypass town of
Magny-en-Vexin and
Saint-Gervais, the dual-carriageway ends. Then, the only section of dual-carriageway until Rouen is the bypass of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte and
Bordeaux-Saint-Clair
Bordeaux-Saint-Clair () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
Bordeaux-Saint-Clair is a farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some northeast of Le Havre, served by the D940 ro ...
. The road continues through the
Les Thilliers-en-Vexin
Les Thilliers-en-Vexin is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and t ...
,
Écouis
Écouis () is a commune in the Eure department in northern France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas ...
and
Fleury-sur-Andelle
Fleury-sur-Andelle (; nrf, Flleury-sus-Aundelle) is a commune in the Eure department, in the region of Normandy, northern France.
Population
International relations
It is twinned with East Goscote, Leicestershire.
See also
*Communes of the E ...
.
The road continues West and re-enters the Seine valley as it approaches the capital of
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
,
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...
. Rouen is on the junction of the
A28 autoroute
Autoroute 28 is a French mainland motorway linking Abbeville in the Somme to Tours in Indre-et-Loire. The motorway starts at Abbeville, splitting from the A16 and, after merging with the A13 near Rouen, ends at Tours, merging with the A10. ...
(
Abbeville
Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerke, pcd, Advile) is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
It is the chef-lieu of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on the river Somme, it was the capital of ...
to
Le Mans
Le Mans (, ) is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Man ...
) and
Route nationale 15
The N 15 was a trunk road (Route Nationale) in France.
Route
The RN 15 links the A13 to Le Havre via Rouen and Yvetot.
The RN 15 originates at junction 14 on the A13 autoroute in the Yvelines ''département'' near Bonnières-sur-Seine. The roa ...
(
Bonnières-sur-Seine
Bonnières-sur-Seine (, literally ''Bonnières on Seine'') is a commune in the Yvelines department in north-central France.
See also
*Communes of the Yvelines department
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which ...
to
Le Havre
Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very cl ...
). The section
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...
-
Yvetot
Yvetot () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. It is the capital of the Caux region.
History
The name Yvetot comes from the Germanic ''Yvo'' and the Old Norse ''-topt''. Therefore, Yvetot means ...
-
Le Havre
Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very cl ...
of the
Route nationale 15
The N 15 was a trunk road (Route Nationale) in France.
Route
The RN 15 links the A13 to Le Havre via Rouen and Yvetot.
The RN 15 originates at junction 14 on the A13 autoroute in the Yvelines ''département'' near Bonnières-sur-Seine. The roa ...
is the former itinerary of the RN 14.
History
The road follows the course of the
Roman road
Roman roads ( la, viae Romanae ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Re ...
La
Chaussée Jules César linking Paris to
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
.
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