Bouffémont-Moisselles: history and sights
Served by: Transilien H.
Did you know?
Bouffémont (12th century: Buffonis mons) probably comes from the Germanic name Boffo plus 'mons', hill. Moisselles, cited in 832 (Muscilla) in a Saint-Denis charter, was home to Hector Malot, author of 'Sans famille'.
Anecdote
In the early 20th century, Baron Édouard Empain, builder of the Paris metro, owned two thirds of Bouffémont, including the Louis XIII-style château dating from 1860.
Around Bouffémont-Moisselles
- Église Saint-Georges (Bouffémont), 900 m away — A church from the 12th to 16th centuries, with a gabled 12th-century bell tower.
- Château Empain, 1200 m away — A Louis XIII-style château once owned by the Belgian industrialist Édouard Empain, builder of the Paris metro.
- Église Saint-Maclou (Moisselles), 130 m away — A Renaissance church of 1645, whose bell 'Marie-Jeanne' of 1729 is listed.