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Epte River
The Epte is a 100 km long river in Seine-Maritime in Normandy. It is a tributary of the Seine.
The river rises in Seine-Maritime in the Pays du Bray , near Forges-les-Eaux . The river empties into the Seine not far from Giverny
In 911 the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte established the river as the historical boundary of Normandy and Īle-de-France.
Claude Monet lived at Giverny near the river for more than forty years. In his garden, by diverting a branch of the Epte, he established a water garden with its famous water-lily pond and its Japanese-style bridge. The river appears in several of his works, including Peupliers au bord de l'Epte.
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