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Giverny (French:) is a commune in the northern French department of Eure. [3] The village is located on the "right bank" of the river Seine at its confluence with the river Epte. It lies 80 km (50 mi) west-northwest of Paris, in the region of Normandy. It is best known as the location of Claude Monet's garden and home.
Claude Monet lived and painted in Giverny from 1883 to his death in 1926, and directed the renovation of the house, retaining its pink-painted walls. Colours from the painter's own palette were used for the interior -green for the doors and shutters, yellow in the dining room, complete with Japanese Prints from the 18th and 19th centuries, and blue for the kitchen.
The plateau is primarily an agricultural region with some manufacturing located in the valleys. The French Impressionist artist Claude Monet made his home at Giverny, and the Dutch Post-Impressionist Vincent van Gogh painted the wheat fields of Vexin. A regional nature park was established in the area in 1995.
Vernon - Giverny (before 2014: Vernon) is a railway station serving the town Vernon, Eure department, northwestern France. It is situated on the Paris–Le Havre railway.
Vernon (French pronunciation:; Norman: Vernoun) is a commune in the French department of Eure, administrative region of Normandy, northern France.. It lies on the banks of the river Seine, about midway between Paris and Rouen.
The river empties into the Seine not far from Giverny. One of its tributaries is the Aubette de Magny. In 911 the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte established the river as the historical boundary of Normandy and Île-de-France. Claude Monet lived at Giverny near the river for more than forty years.
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It is located in the Eure department, in the Normandy region, northwestern France. Created in 2017, its seat is in Vernon. [1] Its area is 660.1 km 2. Its population was 82,408 in 2019, of which 23,727 in Vernon proper. [2]