Fontenay-le-Fleury: history and sights
Served by: Transilien N.
Did you know?
Fontenay, attested in 1190 (Fontanetum), comes from Latin *fontana*, 'spring'; Fleury from Floriacum, 'estate of Florus'. The village was cleared from the 11th century by Benedictine monks of Marmoutier.
Anecdote
The bell of the Église Saint-Germain, a listed monument, is said to be the oldest in the Yvelines; Sacha Guitry married Geneviève de Séréville there in 1939.
Around Fontenay-le-Fleury
- Église Saint-Germain, 750 m away — An 11th-century church rebuilt in the 16th, home to the oldest listed bell in the Yvelines.
- Château du Haut-Fontenay, 900 m away — A 17th-century château, the only estate on the Versailles plain that Louis XIV did not buy.
- Chapelle Saint-Jean, 400 m away — A chapel restored in 2006 and awarded a Rubans du Patrimoine prize, below the station near the Parc des Missionnaires.