Créteil-Université: history and sights
Served by: metro line 8.
Did you know?
Créteil comes from Gaulish Cristoilum, according to one reading a 'clearing on the crest' of Mont-Mesly; a legend also linked the name to Christ. The spelling Créteil appears by 1406.
Anecdote
Créteil's 14th-century dovecote, listed in 1972, is the largest in Île-de-France with room for 1,500 pairs of pigeons; it was moved 45 m in 1971.
Around Créteil-Université
- Université Paris-Est Créteil, 500 m away — A major university campus in the Paris suburbs, home to several thousand students.
- Lac de Créteil, 800 m away — An artificial lake created in the 1970s, enhancing this new suburban town.
- Préfecture du Val-de-Marne, 260 m away — A modern administrative building, seat of the Val-de-Marne department.