Écouen () is a commune in the

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.

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, France. It is located from the center of Paris. The 19th-century poet and playwright

Pierre-Joseph Charrin Pierre-Joseph Charrin (2 February 1784 – 25 April 1863) was a 19th-century French poet, chansonnier, playwright and goguettier. He was a member of the '' Caveau moderne'' and founder, in 1813, of the '' Soupers de Momus''.Charrin annonce sa q ...

(1784–1863) died in Écouen. The artist

Louis Théophile Hingre Louis Théophile Hingre (also known as Théophile Hingre) was a French painter, sculptor, engraver, illustrator and poster artist. He was born in 1832 in Écouen, where he also died, in 1911. His specialty was sculptures of animals. Life and ca ...

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 Renaissan ...

, home of the

Montmorency family The House of Montmorency, pronounced , was one of the oldest and most distinguished noble families in France. Origins The family name Montmorency derived from their castle in the ''pays de France'', recorded in Latin as ''Mons Maurentiacus'', i ...

. This château, built during the

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...

, 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 Transilien Paris-Nord is one of the sectors in the Paris Transilien suburban rail network. The trains on this sector depart from Gare du Nord in central Paris, and serve the north-west and north-east of Île-de-France region with Transilien lines ...

suburban rail line. This station is located at the border between the commune of Écouen and the commune of

Ézanville Ézanville () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Écouen - Ézanville station has rail connections to Persan, Luzarches, Sarcelles and Paris. Population See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise departm ...

, on the Ézanville side of the border.