Conflans-Sainte-Honorine: history and sights
Served by: Transilien J.
Did you know?
Its name evokes the confluence of the Seine and the Oise, with 'Sainte-Honorine' added in the 13th century for the saint whose relics have been kept here since 876.
Anecdote
Saint Honorina, whose name the town bears, is the patron saint of boatmen, and Conflans is considered the capital of French inland waterways.
Around Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
- Musée de la Batellerie et des voies navigables, 500 m away — A 'Musée de France' in the Château du Prieuré, rebuilt in the 19th century in Neo-Gothic and Neo-Renaissance style.
- Tour Montjoie, 850 m away — A remnant of the medieval château of the lords of Beaumont, on a rocky spur overlooking the Seine.
- Église Saint-Maclou, 750 m away — A church listed as a historic monument in 1862, in the heart of old Conflans.