What is the name of the town where Vincent van Gogh died?

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What is the name of the town where Vincent van Gogh died? Auvers-sur-Oise.

Vincent van Gogh died in Auvers-sur-Oise, a village north of Paris, on 29 July 1890. He had moved there in May after leaving the asylum at Saint-Rémy, seeking treatment from the local physician and amateur artist Paul Gachet while continuing to paint the surrounding countryside.

Van Gogh spent his final weeks working at remarkable speed, producing more than 70 paintings along with drawings and sketches. His Auvers subjects included wheat fields, thatched cottages, portraits, gardens, and the Church at Auvers. He stayed at the Auberge Ravoux, where he died after suffering a gunshot wound two days earlier.

A common mix-up places his death in Saint-Rémy, but Saint-Rémy was where he lived and worked at the asylum from 1889 to 1890. Arles was an earlier home, and Zundert was his birthplace in the Netherlands. Van Gogh and his brother Theo are buried side by side in Auvers-sur-Oise.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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