Dordives: history and sights
Served by: Transilien R.
Did you know?
According to an unsourced tradition, Dordives comes from 'Auro dives', 'rich in gold', recalling iron-ore mining in Antiquity. A Roman road from Orléans to Sens crossed the area.
Anecdote
The ruins of the Château de Mez-le-Maréchal, built around 1190 under Philip Augustus, have been listed as a historic monument since 1940.
Around Dordives
- Grand Étang de Dordives, 1500 m away — A lake with a watersports base, on the hiking circuits around the Dordives ponds.
- Canal du Loing (pont de Dordives), 2100 m away — The Loing canal greenway, on the Scandibérique cycling route.