The Route nationale 14, ''N14'', is a trunk road ( nationale) in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

between Paris and Rouen, running through

Pontoise Pontoise () is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise. Administration Pontoise is the official ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-d'Oise ''dép ...

, Magny-en-Vexin,

Saint-Clair-sur-Epte Saint-Clair-sur-Epte (, literally ''Saint-Clair on Epte'') is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is situated on the river Epte, 10 km southwest of Gisors. The treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in ...

and

Fleury-sur-Andelle Fleury-sur-Andelle (; nrf, Flleury-sus-Aundelle) is a commune in the Eure department, in the region of Normandy, northern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It al ...

. Until the 1950s, it was going until

Le Havre Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very ...

through

Yvetot Yvetot () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. It is the capital of the Caux region. History The name Yvetot comes from the Germanic ''Yvo'' and the Old Norse ''-topt''. Therefore, Yvetot mean ...

Route

Paris to Pontoise, km 0 to km 32

The N14 begins at Paris'

Porte de Clignancourt (Paris Métro) Porte de Clignancourt () is a station of the Paris Métro, the northern terminus of line 4, situated in the 18th Arrondissement. Location The station is located under Boulevard Ornano at the Porte de Clignancourt. History The station was opene ...

. It heads north and has now been classified the RD14 as it heads through Paris' northern suburbs. The road passes to the west of Saint-Denis. The road crosses the

A86 autoroute A86 (sometimes called "Paris super-périphérique") is the second ring road around Paris, France. It follows an irregular path around Paris with the distance from the city centre ( Notre Dame) varying in the range. The south-western section ...

and meets the banks of the River Seine. The road then turns Northwest to

Épinay-sur-Seine Épinay-sur-Seine (, literally ''Épinay on Seine'') is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. The church of Notre-Dame-des-Missions-du-cygne d'Enghien, designed by Paul Tournon, may be fo ...

where the road becomes the RD14 again where through traffic is directed onto the A15 autoroute. The old N14 is then named Boulevard Charles de Gaulle which becomes the Boulevard du Havre. Following this, the road runs through various towns in

Val d'Oise Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.

, such as

Pierrelaye Pierrelaye () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Pierrelaye station has rail connections to Pontoise and Paris. Population See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department The following is a lis ...

, then crosses the River

Oise Oise ( ; ; pcd, Oése) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,41 ...

where it enters the city of

. The D14 continues West where it merges with the

A15 autoroute The autoroute A15 is an autoroute in the western suburbs of Paris, France. The motorway starts at Gennevilliers in Hauts-de-Seine and ends in Cergy-Pontoise in Val d'Oise. The A15 was built to relieve the congested RN14 between Paris and the C ...

at Osny and becomes the N14 again, leaving ''Paris'' and entering ''le Vexin Français''.

Pontoise to Rouen, km 32 to km 124

The route followed by the N14 between Pontoise and Rouen is linear. Except at

where a sharp downward gradient brings the road to the level of the River

Epte The Epte () is a river in Seine-Maritime and Eure, in Normandy, France. It is a right tributary of the Seine, long. The river rises in Seine-Maritime in the Pays de Bray, near Forges-les-Eaux. The river empties into the Seine not far from Give ...

, it course follows Caesar's Road, or Chaussée Jules César, from beginning to end. After the bypass town of Magny-en-Vexin and Saint-Gervais, the dual-carriageway ends. Then, the only section of dual-carriageway until Rouen is the bypass of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte and

Bordeaux-Saint-Clair Bordeaux-Saint-Clair () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography Bordeaux-Saint-Clair is a farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some northeast of Le Havre, served by the D940 ro ...

. The road continues through the

Les Thilliers-en-Vexin Les Thilliers-en-Vexin is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and t ...

Écouis Écouis () is a commune in the Eure department in northern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas ...

and

. The road continues West and re-enters the Seine valley as it approaches the capital of

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

, Rouen. Rouen is on the junction of the

A28 autoroute Autoroute 28 is a French mainland motorway linking Abbeville in the Somme to Tours in Indre-et-Loire. The motorway starts at Abbeville, splitting from the A16 and, after merging with the A13 near Rouen, ends at Tours, merging with the A10. ...

(

Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerke, pcd, Advile) is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France. It is the chef-lieu of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on the river Somme, it was the capital of ...

to Le Mans) and

Route nationale 15 The N 15 was a trunk road (Route Nationale) in France. Route The RN 15 links the A13 to Le Havre via Rouen and Yvetot. The RN 15 originates at junction 14 on the A13 autoroute in the Yvelines ''département'' near Bonnières-sur-Seine. The roa ...

(

Bonnières-sur-Seine Bonnières-sur-Seine (, literally ''Bonnières on Seine'') is a commune in the Yvelines department in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Yvelines department An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which ...

). The section Rouen -

of the

is the former itinerary of the RN 14.

History

The road follows the course of the Roman road La Chaussée Jules César linking Paris to

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