Étréchy: history and sights
Served by: RER C.
Did you know?
Attested in 862 as Sterpiniacum, Étréchy may derive from Latin *stirps* ('stump'), recalling land clearing, or from an old Roman road (*strata via*). Renamed Étréchy-la-Montagne during the Revolution.
Anecdote
Étréchy has the Église Saint-Étienne (13th–14th c.), a listed monument, and the Jeurre aqueduct-bridge, built in 1792 and also listed.
Around Étréchy
- Église Saint-Étienne, 300 m away — A Gothic church listed as a historic monument, in the town centre.
- Pont-aqueduc de la Jeurre, 900 m away — A bridge-aqueduct of 1792, listed as a historic monument.
- Ferme du Touchet, 1100 m away — A farm whose 13th-century gateway is listed as a historic monument.