Émerainville-Pontault-Combault: history and sights
Served by: RER E.
Did you know?
Named after Émerainville and Pontault-Combault: Pontault comes from a Gallo-Roman or Frankish 'pont' (bridge), Combault from the Gaulish 'combe', a clearing; Combault was merged with Pontault in 1839.
Anecdote
The Emperor gave a marshal the gates and portal of the Château de Saint-Cloud for his Château de Combault, now the town hall; the gates are still there.
Around Émerainville-Pontault-Combault
- Château de Combault (hôtel de ville), 2100 m away — The former château of a Napoleonic marshal, now the town hall, which kept the gates from Saint-Cloud.
- Église Saint-Denis, 2800 m away — It keeps a bell, Marie, christened in 1558, and a 13th-century Gothic choir.
- Église Saint-Éloi d'Émerainville, 1300 m away — Its statue of Saint Eligius is listed as a historic monument; it also holds an armchair that belonged to Madame Élisabeth, sister of Louis XVI.