Éragny-sur-Epte

Éragny-sur-Epte (French pronunciation: [eʁaɲi syʁ ɛpt], literally Éragny on Epte) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.^[3]

Under the ancien régime, Éragny was owned by the Princes of Conti.

In 1859, there was a cotton mill called Saint-Charles, between Éragny and Gisors. At that time, it was reported that the manor house was partly ruined, with traces of fire in the attic, and what was left was the main building of the farm. This house, with octagonal turrets, was built in brick and had two spiral staircases. The people of the place then worked in farming or in the cotton mill.

Éragny was served by the Saint-Denis to Dieppe railway from 1870. During the Franco-Prussian War of that year, the Prussians set fire to the houses of Éragny soon after entering Gisors on 9 October 1870.

In 1884, the artist Camille Pissarro and his family moved from his home near Pontoise to Éragny on the River Epte. This was to be his principal place of residence until his death in 1903 and an ideal setting for his paintings of rural labour and the harvest.

The history of local land use can be seen from the 18th-century Cassini map, the general staff maps of 1820–1866, and the IGN maps and aerial photos for 1950 to the present day. In 2018, the land use of the commune was reported in the Corine Land Cover database as agricultural 84.9 per cent, only slightly down from 85.3 per cent in 1990, and urbanized areas 5.3 per cent. Arable land was 76.8 per cent, woodland 9.8, and meadow 8.0.

• Pissarro, Church at Eragny, 1884 (The Walters Art Museum)
• Pissarro, Apple harvest at Éragny, 1888
• Pissarro, Hay Harvest at Éragny, 1901 (National Gallery of Canada)

• Communes of the Oise department