Épiais-the-Louvres is a common French, located in the department of the Val-d'Oise and the area Île-de-France.

Its inhabitants is called Épiaisois (are) or Épiaisien () S.

Geography

The village is located at approximately 30 km in the North-East of Paris and at a few hundred meters only in the north of the tracks of the Aéroport Roissy-Charles-of-Gaulle.

History

Perhaps the name comes from Latin spicarium , building where the grains are piled up.

Gallic vestiges discovered on the territory of the commune attest the occupation of the place during the Antiquité. The village belonged under the Ancien Mode to the chapter of the Church of Paris. Remained an agricultural commune, cereal field crop in particular, the village lost part of its territory since the years 1970 following two expropriations which had with the successive enlargings of the Aéroport Roissy-Charles-of-Gaulle close. This expansion partly causes the progressive reduction in the population since 1974.

Administration

Épiais-the-Louvres belongs to the jurisdiction of authority of Gonesse, and great authority as well as trade of Pontoise.

Demography

Monuments and places of visit

The Notre-Dame church of the Assumption goes back to the 14th century but was altered at the 17th century. It has a carved interior plank of figures of evangelists.

The cross hosannière of the 17th century, classified historic building, is drawn up on the place of the village. With its desk, it was used for the proclamation of the Gospel the Palm Sunday.

A cross of cemetery built in 1645 (classified historic building) carries the instruments of the Passion.

See too

Internal bonds

• Common Countries of France
• of the Val-d'Oise

Notes, sources and references

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