Breuillet-Village: history and sights
Served by: RER C.
Did you know?
Breuillet is a diminutive of 'breuil', a small enclosed wood, from Gaulish brogilo. The estate, long tied to the Louvre then the Hôtel-Dieu of Paris, passed to the Lamoignon, lords of Baville.
Anecdote
In June 1940 Lieutenant Paul Conty's company delayed the German advance on the Rémarde; since 2014 the bridge has borne the name 'Pont du Lieutenant Conty'.
Around Breuillet-Village
- Église Saint-Pierre de Breuillet, 300 m away — A 14th-century church, heavily remodelled in 1688 with a new eastern choir.
- Château du Chapitre, 350 m away — A late-16th-century château, home to the town hall since 2011.
- Fresque du Travail (parc du Moulin), 700 m away — An 8 m by 2 m fresco designed in 1898 for the 1900 World's Fair, installed at Breuillet in 1922.